save up

1. 1.

   accumulate money for future use

   “He saves half his salary”

   Synonymssavelay aside

   Narrowerhoard

Questions about save up

What does save up mean?

save up means "accumulate money for future use".

What is another word for save up?

Close synonyms include save, lay aside. 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 save up a common word?

save up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.