Usually means: Person or thing that rescues.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word lifesaver:

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  1. lifesaver: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lifesaver: Merriam-Webster
  3. lifesaver: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. lifesaver: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. lifesaver: Vocabulary.com
  6. Lifesaver, lifesaver: Wordnik
  7. lifesaver: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. lifesaver: Wiktionary
  9. lifesaver: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. lifesaver: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. lifesaver: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. lifesaver: Dictionary.com
  13. Lifesaver (candy), The Lifesaver: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. lifesaver: Rhymezone
  15. lifesaver: FreeDictionary.org
  16. lifesaver: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. lifesaver: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lifesaver: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. lifesaver: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  Someone or something that saves lives.
▸ noun:  (figuratively) Someone or something that is very useful or helpful.

Similar:
lifeguard, Savior, saver, rescuer, Jesus Christ, resuscitant, rescueman, salver, salvor, resuscitator, more...

Opposite:
menace, danger, hazard, threat

Types:
peppermint, wintergreen, fruit, orange, mint, lemon, lime, grape, watermelon, more...

Phrases:
Combat lifesaver course, it may be a lifesaver, wilderness lifesaver, more...

Adjectives:
real, potential, such, absolute, true, literal, financial, great, library, little, economic

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Similar:
lifeguard, Savior, saver, rescuer, Jesus Christ, resuscitant, rescueman, salver, salvor, resuscitator, more...

Opposite:
menace, danger, hazard, threat

Types:
peppermint, wintergreen, fruit, orange, mint, lemon, lime, grape, watermelon, more...

Phrases:
Combat lifesaver course, it may be a lifesaver, wilderness lifesaver, more...

Adjectives:
real, potential, such, absolute, true, literal, financial, great, library, little, economic

Colors:
    red,     orange,     yellow,     green,     blue, more...



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