Nouns

(n)save(sports) the act of preventing the opposition from scoring“the goalie made a brilliant save”, “the relief pitcher got credit for a save”

Verbs

(v)salvage, salve, relieve, savesave from ruin, destruction, or harm
(v)save, preserveto keep up and reserve for personal or special use“She saved the old family photographs in a drawer”
(v)save, carry through, pull through, bring throughbring into safety“We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack”
(v)savespend less; buy at a reduced price
(v)save, lay aside, save upaccumulate money for future use“He saves half his salary”
(v)save, make unnecessarymake unnecessary an expenditure or effort“This will save money”, “I'll save you the trouble”, “This will save you a lot of time”
(v)deliver, redeem, savesave from sins
(v)spare, saverefrain from harming
(v)save, economize, economisespend sparingly, avoid the waste of“This move will save money”, “The less fortunate will have to economize now”
(v)keep open, hold open, keep, saveretain rights to“keep my job for me while I give birth”, “keep my seat, please”, “keep open the possibility of a merger”
(v)write, saverecord data on a computer“boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk”