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rescue - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: rescue
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: saving from danger
Synonyms: deliverance, delivery, emancipation, exploit, feat, heroism, liberation, performance, ransom, reclamation, recovering, recovery, redemption, release, relief, salvage, salvation, saving, disembarrassment, disentanglement, extrication, heroics, reclaiming
Antonyms: danger, peril
Main Entry: rescue
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: save from danger
Synonyms: conserve, deliver, disentangle, emancipate, extricate, free, get out, keep, liberate, preserve, protect, ransom, recapture, recover, redeem, regain, release, retain, retrieve, safeguard, salvage, spring*, unleash, bail one out, disembarrass, get off the hook, get out of hock, give a break, hold over, manumit, pull out of the fire, save life of, set free, unloose
Antonyms: harm, hurt, imperil, injure
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Main Entry: rescue
Part of Speech: noun, verb
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Adjectives:
bailed out, expendible, extricable, reclaimed, redeemable, rescuable, retrieved, salvaged, saved, soterial
Main Entry: ambulance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: emergency vehicle
Synonyms: rescue, transport, EMS, hospital wagon
Main Entry: deliverance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: liberation
Synonyms: acquittal, delivery, emancipation, freeing, redemption, release, rescue, salvation, saving, extrication
Main Entry: escape
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: breaking away; getaway
Synonyms: avoidance, beat, bolt, break, deliverance, departure, desertion, disappearance, evasion, evasiveness, flight, freedom, leave, liberation, out, outbreak, powder, release, rescue, retreat, slip, spring, withdrawal, AWOL, abdication, breakout, bypassing, circumvention, decampment, dodging, ducking, elopement, elusion, elusiveness, eschewal, extrication, fadeout, hegira, lam, runaround, shunning, sidestepping
Antonyms: capture, maintenance, stay
Main Entry: extricate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get out of a situation; relieve of responsibility
Synonyms: bail out*, clear, deliver, detach, difference, differentiate, disburden, discumber, disembarrass, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, disinvolve, extract, free, get off the hook, get out from under, let go, let off*, liberate, loose, loosen, pull out, release, remove, rescue, resolve, save one's neck, separate, sever, untie, withdraw, wriggle out of
Antonyms: entangle, involve
Main Entry: liberate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: give freedom
Synonyms: bail one out, deliver, detach, discharge, disembarrass, emancipate, free, free up, get out from under, let loose, let out*, loose, loosen, manumit, redeem, release, rescue, save, save one's neck, set free, unbind, unchain, unhook, unshackle
Antonyms: hold back, limit, prevent, restrain
Main Entry: pardon
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: forgive
Synonyms: absolve, accept, acquit, amnesty, bury the hatchet*, clear, condone, discharge, exculpate, excuse, exonerate, free, justify, let off*, liberate, overlook, release, remit, reprieve, rescue, spring*, tolerate, write off*, blink at, give absolution, grant amnesty, let off easy, lifeboat, suspend charges, wink at*, wipe slate clean
Notes: a pardon is the act of excusing a mistake or offense; an excuse is an explanation offered to justify or obtain forgiveness
Antonyms: chastise, condemn, damn, ostracize, penalize, punish
Main Entry: ransom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: blackmail money paid for return of possession or person
Synonyms: bribe, compensation, deliverance, payment, payoff, price, redemption, release, rescue, expiation, liberation money
Main Entry: ransom
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: pay blackmail money for return of possession or person
Synonyms: deliver, emancipate, extricate, free, liberate, recover, redeem, regain, release, rescue, save, buy freedom of, buy out, manumit, obtain release of, pay for release of, reprise, repurchase, set free, unchain, unfetter
Main Entry: retrieve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get back
Synonyms: fetch, recall, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recover, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, salvage, save, bring back, reacquire, win back
Antonyms: give, offer, relinquish
Main Entry: snatch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grab away
Synonyms: abduct, catch, clutch, collar*, gain, grapple, grasp, grip, jerk, jump, kidnap, nab, nail*, pluck, pull, rescue, seize, snag, steal, take, win, wrench, wrest, yank, clap hands on, get fingers on, make off with, spirit away
Antonyms: give, receive
Main Entry: bail out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: help
Synonyms: aid, deliver, release, relieve, rescue, spring
Antonyms: ignore, refuse
Main Entry: free
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: liberate, let go
Synonyms: absolve, acquit, bail, bail out*, clear, cut loose*, deliver, demobilize, discharge, disengage, dismiss, emancipate, enfranchise, extricate, let off*, loose, loosen, pardon, parole, ransom, redeem, release, relieve, reprieve, rescue, save, spring*, turn out, undo, unleash, untie, disenthrall, disimprison, let loose, let off the hook, let out, manumit, put on the street, set free, turn loose, unbind, uncage, unchain, unfetter, unfix
Antonyms: confine, enslave, hold, incarcerate, restrain
Main Entry: recover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: find again
Synonyms: balance, compensate, get back, offset, recapture, reclaim, recoup, recruit, redeem, regain, repair, repossess, rescue, restore, resume, retrieve, salvage, take back, bring back, catch up, make good, obtain again, reacquire, rediscover, reoccupy, replevin, replevy, retake, win back
Antonyms: lose, mislay, miss
Main Entry: restore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fix, make new
Synonyms: build up, cure, heal, improve, make restitution, mend, modernize, rebuild, recall, reconstruct, recover, redeem, reestablish, refresh, refurbish, rehabilitate, reinforce, reinstate, reintroduce, rejuvenate, renew, renovate, repair, replace, rescue, retouch, revive, strengthen, touch up, update, bring back, make healthy, reanimate, recondition, reconstitute, reerect, reimpose, revitalize, revivify, set to rights, win back
Antonyms: break, damage, destroy, hurt
Main Entry: reclaim
Part of Speech: verb1
Definition: bring into usable condition
Synonyms: convert, recover, recover, recycle, redeem, regenerate, remodel, rescue, restore, salvage, recondition
Main Entry: free
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: take burden from
Synonyms: cast off, clear, cut loose, decontaminate, deliver, discharge, disencumber, disengage, disentangle, empty, excuse, exempt, extricate, put off, ransom, redeem, relieve, rescue, rid, unburden, undo, unload, unpack, disembarrass, unlade, unshackle
Antonyms: burden, compel, limit, suppress
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