rescue

1. 1.

   recovery or preservation from loss or danger

   “work is the deliverance of mankind”

   “a surgeon's job is the saving of lives”

   Synonymsdeliverancedeliverysaving

   Broaderrecovery

   Narrowerlifesavingredemptionreclamationsalvagesalvationsearch and rescue mission

Other forms of rescue

plural

rescues·

past tense

rescued·

present participle

rescuing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rescue

What does rescue mean?

rescue means "free from harm or evil". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rescue?

rescue has 2 syllables: res-cue. The stress falls on "res". In IPA it is /ˈɹɛskju/.

What is another word for rescue?

Close synonyms include deliver, deliverance, delivery, saving. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rescue a common word?

rescue is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.