saver
noun
Simple meaning
Someone who saves something from danger or violence.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
sayverSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈseɪvɚ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) is a standard way of writing speech sounds.
Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Someone who saves something from danger or violence
Someone who saves (especially money)
One who saves.
One who keeps savings more than usual.
A ticket or coupon that offers a discount.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Someone who saves something from danger or violence
Used this way, saver is a reasonably familiar word with a clearly unfavourable pull. It comes across as direct, sometimes bluntly so.
- Emotional tone
- Negative
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Moderate
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Serious and weighty
- Usage feel
- Blunt and forceful
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use saver
- “The lifeguard was a true saver, pulling the child from the strong current.”noun
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