saviour

/ˈseɪ.vjər/

nounsa · viour

Think: "SAVE" + "YOUR"—a saviour is someone who can SAVE YOUR day (spelled savi-our).

Yes, it's saviour. Don’t drop the extra vowel: in British spelling it’s **saviour** (…**iour**), not **savior**.

Definitions

  1. nouna person who saves someone or something from danger, difficulty, or harm
  2. noun(often capitalized) Jesus Christ; the one believed to bring salvation

Examples

  • “The lifeguard was hailed as a saviour after pulling the child from the water.”
  • “During the blackout, the neighbor with a generator felt like a saviour to the whole block.”
  • “In many churches, people refer to Jesus as the Saviour.”

Synonyms

rescuerdelivererprotectorredeemerchampion

Antonyms

threatdestroyer

Translations

ES salvadorPT salvadorFR sauveur

Common misspellings

saviorsaversaviourrsavoiursavieursavyoursaviuer

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