saving: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 10 letter points · starts with S · ends with G
Meaning of saving
noun
- countable, uncountable
A reduction in cost or expenditure.
Example: The shift of the supplier gave us a saving of 10 percent.
- countable, plural-normally
Something (usually money) that is saved, particularly money that has been set aside for the future.
Example: I invested all my savings in gold.
- uncountable
The action of the verb to save.
- countable, obsolete, uncountable
Exception; reservation.
Example: saving and transitional provisions
Listed forms: savings.
Source: Wiktionary — saving.
verb
- form-of, gerund, participle, present
present participle and gerund of save
Base or related entry: save.
Source: Wiktionary — saving.
adj
That saves someone from damnation; redemptive.
Preserving; rescuing.
Thrifty; frugal.
Bringing back in returns or in receipts the sum expended; incurring no loss, though not gainful.
Example: a saving bargain
Source: Wiktionary — saving.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for saving.
adjective
bringing about salvation or redemption from sin
noun
an act of economizing; reduction in cost
noun
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
noun
the activity of protecting something from loss or danger
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is saving in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of saving
S(1) + A(1) + V(4) + I(1) + N(1) + G(2) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of saving
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from saving
37 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in saving. Showing up to 24, longest first.