Definition of saving

Scrabble & Words with friends points


  • saving is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
  • saving is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
  • saving is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of saving


  • an act of economizing; reduction in cost (noun)

    Examples

    1. there was a saving of 50 cents

    Synonyms

    1. economy
  • the activity of protecting something from loss or danger (noun)

    Synonyms

    1. preservation
  • recovery or preservation from loss or danger (noun)

    Examples

    1. a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

    Synonyms

    1. deliverance
    2. delivery
    3. rescue
  • bringing about salvation or redemption from sin (adjective)

    Examples

    1. saving faith

    Synonyms

    1. redeeming
    2. redemptive
  • characterized by thriftiness (adjective)

    Examples

    1. wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution

See definition of saving in Merriam Webster