RESCUES Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

plural of rescue

as in salvations

the saving from danger or evil stranded people hoping for rescue from the rising floodwaters

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verb

present tense third-person singular of rescue

as in saves

to remove from danger or harm an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

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Recent Examples of rescues

Noun

The area has experienced unusually heavy rain since Wednesday that caused rivers to surge, flooding homes and forcing water rescues. — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 Two blind horses on the farm, Grace and Dakota, were special rescues. — Lisa Hughes, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026 This summer, post-fire flooding and debris flows killed one person and prompted more than a dozen rescues in Colorado. — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026 Lade said these farmer rescues have become a feature of America’s farm economy. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 News of wilderness rescues during the chaos ignited widespread criticism of the hikers on social media, including 1,600 reactions and comments on the Linville-Central Rescue Squad’s Facebook post. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026 The Florida National Guard, Florida Department of Health, Florida Department of Transportation and other emergency response teams have mobilized in preparation for power outages, rescues and evacuations. — ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026 Although the rescues took place in 2014 and 2015, new details about the operation have only recently been revealed in the study by Maamoun Abdulkarim, said SWNS. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Verb

It's based on a Russian fairy tale called the Firebird, which is about a young prince who rescues a coterie of princesses from an evil sorcerer. — Libby Smith, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026 Some anti-immigration activists have targeted the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, a 200-year-old volunteer force that rescues people in distress at sea, because it is often called out to meet the migrant boats. — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 As Christian Science teaches, fear and danger are no more than mesmeric beliefs, from which Christ, the spiritual idea of God, rescues us. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Sep. 2026 If a company’s sales start slowing, or its customer base weakens, the amount of financing available through discounting shrinks in step, which means this is not a tool that rescues a business already in serious difficulty. — Amit Singhania, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026 After Zoe tips her off to Hal and John’s capture, Kerry rescues the Lanterns under the guise of arresting them for trespassing, after which John reports back to his mother on the phone. — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026 Later, Owl and the Interior Ministry abduct Kuro, but Wolf rescues him. — Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Aug. 2026 His canine companion is Odin (played by a pooch named Uber), who rescues James after their crash and embarks on a journey of survival in the wilderness. — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 But what rescues the film is Zendaya’s performance, said Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rescues

Noun

Capital One's charge-offs benefited from steady improvement in delinquencies compared to the first half of the year and strong recoveries performance.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
Flynn McGuire, a physical rehabilitation doctor at the University of Utah and an author of the review, said anecdotes about people having miraculous recoveries are even less reliable.

— Amy Maxmen, Miami Herald, 19 Oct. 2026

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Anything that saves a little extra time during the holidays gets five stars from us.

— Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2026
This level of financial clarity also saves attorneys’ time and fees because the hard conversations have been had in advance.

— Catherine Shanahan, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of saves

Verb

Canty salvages the wallpaper, her main material, from houses being remodeled or torn down.

— Benjamin Lima Special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 7 Feb. 2026
Lunardelli salvages them and transforms them into beautiful objects—keepsake souvenirs that are unlike anything else in Venice.

— Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025

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