saviour
UK: /sˈeɪvjɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
saviour /'seivjə/
- danh từ ((từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) (cũng) savior)
- vị cứu tinh
- (tôn giáo) (the saviour) Đức chúa Giê-xu
Advanced English dictionary
(BrE) (AmE savior)
+ noun
1 a person who rescues sb/sth from a dangerous or difficult situation: The new manager has been hailed as the saviour of the club.
2 (the Saviour) used in the Christian religion as another name for Jesus Christ
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 rescuer, salvation, friend in need, Good Samaritan, liberator, redeemer, deliverer, emancipator, champion, knight errant, knight in shining armour:
Because he gave her a job when she most needed it, she regarded him as her saviour
2 the or our Saviour. Christian religion Christ (the Redeemer), Jesus, the Messiah, Lamb of God, Our Lord, Son of God, King of Kings, Prince of Peace, Islam Mahdi.
savoir fairen.
tact, tactfulness, sophistication, finesse, urbanity, discretion, knowledgeability, diplomacy, urbanity, smoothness, polish, suavity or suaveness, poise, grace, style, skill, adroitness, knowledge, comprehension, Slang savvy:
She felt a vague sense of social inferiority, an uneasy lack of savoir faire.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
possible, potential
VERB + SAVIOUR
hail sb as, see sb/sth as, treat sb as
The people clearly saw her as their saviour.
| be acclaimed as, emerge as
He emerged as the potential saviour of the club.
Concise English dictionary
saviours'seɪvɪə(r)
noun
+a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
+a person who rescues you from harm or danger
