- a person who rescues another person or a thing from danger or harm
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
sav•ior or sav•iour /ˈseɪvyɚ/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- one who rescues:[countable]the savior of the country.
- Religion a title of God, esp. of Jesus:[proper noun;often: Savior;the (or a possessive word) + ~]our Savior.
sav•ior
(sāv′yər),USA pronunciation n.
sav′ior•hood′, sav′ior•ship′, n.
- a person who saves, rescues, or delivers:the savior of the country.
- Religion(cap.) a title of God, esp. of Christ.
- Mythology(cap.) [Class. Myth.]an epithet of Artemis.
- Late Latin salvātor, equivalent. to Latin salvā(re) to save1 + -tor -tor
- Old French sauvëour
- Middle English saveour, sauveur 1250–1300
- See -or 1.
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saviour, US savior /ˈseɪvjə/ n
'Savior' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
saviour
- Agnus Dei
- creosote
- fate
- IHS
- lord
- Man of Sorrows
- man on horseback
- messianism
- or
- World Savior
- Saoshyant