Synonyms of rescued

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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

The Navy has reported that there were eight suicide attempts aboard the carrier during the deployment, including one sailor who jumped overboard and was later rescued. — ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026

Once inside, two people described as older adults were rescued from the home. — Tim Fang, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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