Synonyms of rescued

rescued 1 of 2

adjective

as in saved

Related Words

• saved
• redeemed
• reclaimed
• recovered
• salvaged
• retrieved
• restored
• reconditioned
• rehabilitated
• rehabbed
• repeopled

Dissimilar Words

• rejected
• abandoned
• vacated
• deserted
• forgotten
• forsaken
• ignored
• disused
• derelict
• vacant
• desolate
• neglected
• void
• unattended
• discarded
• untended
• junked
• refuse
• waste
• jettisoned
• castaway
• cast-off

rescued

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verb

past tense of rescue

as in salvaged

to remove from danger or harm

an all-out effort to rescue a beached whale

Synonyms & Similar Words

• saved
• salvaged
• delivered
• recovered
• bailed out
• brought off
• liberated
• released
• freed
• emancipated
• extricated
• disentangled
• manumitted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• endangered
• compromised
• risked
• jeopardized
• ventured
• imperiled
• hazarded
• gambled (with)
• periled
• adventured

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of rescued

Verb

Four people were rescued and one person remained missing Wednesday night after the crash of a medevac helicopter off Catalina Island, authorities said. — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Video released Wednesday morning captured the moments when a Kansas City Police Department detective and a Clay County Sheriff’s deputy rescued a man from a pickup truck that was engulfed in flames. — Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026

Others, including Lucky the lamb, were rescued from meat auctions. — Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

As of midday Tuesday, 49 people have been rescued and three people have been recovered dead, the Coast Guard said. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

The crash triggered an emergency response near Morro Bay, where the pilot was rescued after ejecting from the aircraft. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Though now joining the collections of major museums, in the 1970s his artworks depicting the hardship and life of Indigenous Bolivians were rescued from the trash outside his former Manhattan studio, according to multiple accounts. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

These birds are always injured, sick, full of parasites and in need of intensive rehabilitation when rescued. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 19 Sep. 2026

The Coast Guard rescued two people, while San Francisco Police officers rescued the third, the Coast Guard said in a separate release. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026