saving

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. an act of economizing;
reduction in cost (Freq. 6)
- it was a small economy to walk to work every day
- there was a saving of 50 cents
• Syn:
economy
• Derivationally related forms:
economic (for: economy), economical (for: economy), economize (for: economy)
• Hypernyms:
action
• Hyponyms:
retrenchment, curtailment, downsizing, economy of scale
2. recovery or preservation from loss or danger (Freq. 1)
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
• Syn:
rescue, deliverance, delivery
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver (for: delivery), deliver (for: deliverance), rescue (for: rescue)
• Hypernyms:
recovery, retrieval
• Hyponyms:
lifesaving, redemption, salvation, reclamation, reformation,
salvage, search and rescue mission
3. the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
• Syn:
preservation
• Derivationally related forms:
preserve (for: preservation)
• Hypernyms:
protection
• Hyponyms:
environmentalism, conservation, self-preservation, reservation, immobilization, immobilisation

II - adjective

1. bringing about salvation or redemption from sin (Freq. 1)
- saving faith
- redemptive (or redeeming) love
• Syn:
redemptive, redeeming
• Similar to:
good
• Derivationally related forms:
redeem (for: redemptive)
2. characterized by thriftiness
- "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow
• Similar to:
thrifty

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  redemptive, redeeming(a), saving(a), preservation, rescue, deliverance, delivery, economy