variants
or saviour
1
: one that saves from danger or destruction
2
: one who brings salvation
Examples of savior in a Sentence
We all felt that she was our savior.
the policeman proved to be our savior, arriving on the scene just as we were about to be mugged
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Enter Prime Healthcare, which claims to be the medical center’s savior.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
We are either tokenized or vilified, while a single outsider (in this case, social media activist Ocean Ramsey) is framed as the story’s savior.
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Her saviors had to rappel down to rescue the canine safely, the post noted.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 10 July 2025
Enter Prime Healthcare, which claims to be the medical center’s savior.
—Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2025
We are either tokenized or vilified, while a single outsider (in this case, social media activist Ocean Ramsey) is framed as the story’s savior.
—Time, 9 July 2025
Her saviors had to rappel down to rescue the canine safely, the post noted.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2025
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“Savior.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/savior. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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sav·ior
variants
or saviour
: one that saves from danger or destruction
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