Synonyms of salvage

salvage 1 of 2

verb

as in to rescue

to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm

Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rescue
• recover
• save
• retrieve
• regain
• deliver
• recoup
• extricate
• bring off
• disentangle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• jeopardize
• compromise
• risk
• endanger
• venture
• imperil
• gamble (with)
• hazard
• peril

salvage

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noun

1

as in salvaging

Synonyms & Similar Words

• salvaging
• recovery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wreck
• wrecking
• wreckage
• shipwreck
• grounding
• sinking
• stranding
• shipwrecking
• beaching
• foundering

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as in preservation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• preservation
• conservation
• protection
• saving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vandalism
• destruction
• wrecking
• trashing
• defacement
• ruin
• defacing
• desecration
• ruination
• demolishing
• ravage
• sabotage
• ravaging
• vandalization
• demolishment
• desecrating

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as in find

Synonyms & Similar Words

• find
• booty
• treasure
• treasure trove
• plum
• pearl
• trove
• prize
• valuable
• gem
• catch
• jewel
• goodie
• goody

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• scrap
• truck
• waste
• debris
• junk
• garbage
• trash
• dust
• refuse
• litter
• rubbish
• dross
• offal
• deadwood
• chaff
• wash
• raffle
• sewage
• riffraff
• ruins
• effluvia
• dreck
• effluvium
• rubble
• slop
• drek
• remains
• swill
• spilth
• crud
• detritus
• offscouring