saving

The word “saving” has 2 syllables: sav-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈseɪ.vɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for saving?

In the thesaurus, “saving” has 152 synonyms and 61 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for saving along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for saving

allocating
apart from
applying
aside from
austerity
bailing out
bar
barring
belt-tightening
beside
besides
bestowing
blessing
bringing off
but
careful
chary
cheap
close
closefisted
committing
compensating
confiding
consecrating
conservation
conservative
conserving
consigning
contingent
curing
cutting back
cutting down
dedicating
defending
delivering
devoting
discretion
disentangling
earmarking
economical
economizing
economy
emancipating
employing
entrusting
except
except for
excepting
excluding
exclusive of
extricating
fixing
forehanded
forehandedness
foresighted
foresightful
forgiving
freeing
frugal
frugality
guarding
hallowing
healing
hoarding
husbanding
husbandry
intrusting
keeping up
laying up
liberating
maintaining
managing
manumitting
mean
mending
miserliness
miserly
moderation
niggard
niggardliness
niggardly
only
other than
outside
outside of
pardoning
parsimonious
parsimony
patching
penny-pinching
penny-wise
penurious
pinching
pinching pennies
preservative
preserving
protecting
providence
provident
provisional
prudence
prudent
purifying
qualificative
rebuilding
reclaiming
reconstructing
recovering
redeeming
redemptory
reforming
rehabilitating
rejuvenating
releasing
remedying
remitting
reparatory
rescuing
reserving
restoring
restraint
retaining
retrenching
retrenchment
safeguarding
salvaging
sanctifying
save
scraping
screening
scrimping
servicing
setting apart
setting aside
setting by
shielding
shriving
skimping
spare
sparing
stinginess
stingy
stinting
supporting
sustaining
temperance
thrift
thrifty
tight
tightfisted
using
yet

Antonyms for saving

adventuring
blowing
bountiful
breaking
charitable
compromising
damaging
destroying
diseconomy
disregarding
dissipating
endangering
extravagance
extravagant
freehanded
generous
harming
hazarding
hurting
ignoring
impairing
imperiling
imperilling
improvidence
improvident
indulgent
injuring
jeopardizing
lavish
lavishing
lavishness
liberal
misapplying
misspending
misusing
munificent
neglecting
openhanded
periling
perilling
prodigal
prodigality
profligate
risking
ruining
running through
shortsighted
spending
spendthrift
splurging
squandering
thriftless
throwing away
unselfish
unsparing
unthrifty
venturing
wasteful
wastefulness
wasting
wrecking

Meanings of saving

verb
1. To prevent harm or difficulty.
2. To put aside, to avoid.
noun
1. A reduction in cost or expenditure.
2. (usually in the plural) Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
3. The action of the verb to save.
4. Exception; reservation.
adjective
1. That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
2. Preserving; rescuing.
3. Thrifty; frugal.
4. Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
5. Making reservation or exception.
6. (in compound adjectives) relating to making a saving: e.g. labour-saving, energy-saving light bulbs.
preposition
1. With the exception of; except; save.
2. Without disrespect to.

Example Sentences

She enjoys saving money for future vacations.
Saving water is essential for environmental conservation.
The firefighter was honored for saving lives.
He is focused on saving enough to buy a house.
Saving important files prevents data loss.

On this page you'll find 213 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to saving, such as: adventuring, allocating, apart from, applying, aside from, austerity, bailing out.

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