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Synonyms

audacity, brass, brazenness, cheek, chutzpah, effrontery, gall, nerve, presumption, sauce, temerity—more at EFFRONTERY

saucy adjective sauc·i·er; -est : impertinently bold and impudent

— sauc·i·ly adverb

Synonyms

arch, bold, brash, brazen, cheeky, cocky, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, sassy—more at NERVY

Sau·di noun : SAUDI ARABIAN

— Saudi adjective

Saudi Arabian noun : a native or inhabitant of Saudi Arabia

— Saudi Arabian adjective

sau·er·kraut noun [ORIGIN: G, fr. sauer sour + Kraut greens]

: finely cut cabbage fermented in brine

Sauk or Sac noun, plural Sauk or Sauks or Sac or Sacs : a member of an American Indian people formerly living in what is now Wisconsin

sau·na noun 1 : a Finnish steam bath in which the steam is provided by water thrown on hot stones

2 : a dry heat bath; also : a room or cabinet used for such a bath

saun·ter verb : STROLL

sau·ro·pod noun : any of a suborder of plant-eating dinosaurs (as a brontosaurus) with a long neck and tail and a small head

— sauropod adjective

sau·sage noun [ORIGIN: ME sausige, fr. AF sauseche, fr. LL salsicia, fr. L salsus salted]

: minced and highly seasoned meat (as pork) usu. enclosed in a tubular casing

S Aust abbreviation South Australia

sau·té verb sau·téed or sau·téd; sau·té·ing [ORIGIN: F]

: to fry lightly in a little fat

— sauté noun

sau·terne noun, often cap : a usu. semisweet American white wine

1savage adjective [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF salvage, savage, LL salvaticus, alter. of L silvaticus of the woods, wild, fr. silva forest]

1 : not domesticated or under human control : WILD, UNTAMED

2 : lacking complex or advanced culture : UNCIVILIZED

3 : lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings : FIERCE

— sav·age·ly adverb

Synonyms

[1] feral, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed, wild—more at WILD

[2] barbarous, heathen, heathenish, Neanderthal, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild; also coarse, crude, primitive, rough; uncouth, uncultured

Antonyms

civilized

[3] barbarous, brutal, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, vicious, wanton—more at CRUEL

[3] fell, ferocious, fierce, grim, vicious—more at FIERCE

2savage noun 1 : a member of a primitive human society

2 : a rude, unmannerly, or brutal person

Synonyms

beast, brute, devil, fiend, monster, villain

sav·age·ness noun : the quality or state of being savage

sav·age·ry noun 1 a : the quality of being savage

b : an act of cruelty or violence

2 : an uncivilized state

Synonyms

barbarity, brutality, cruelty, inhumanity, sadism, viciousness, wantonness—more at CRUELTY

sa·van·na also sa·van·nah noun [ORIGIN: Sp zavana]

: grassland containing scattered trees

Synonyms

down, grassland, plain, prairie, steppe, veld—more at PLAIN

sa·vant noun : a learned person : SCHOLAR

1save verb saved; sav·ing 1 : to redeem from sin

2 : to rescue from danger

3 : to preserve or guard from destruction or loss; also : to store (data) in a computer or on a storage device

4 : to put aside as a store or reserve

Synonyms

[2] deliver, rescue; also salvage; emancipate, free, liberate, manumit, release; disentangle, extricate; recover

Antonyms

compromise, endanger, imperil, jeopardize

[3] economize, scrimp, skimp—more at ECONOMIZE

[3] conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve—more at MAINTAIN

[4] allocate, consecrate, dedicate, devote, earmark, reserve—more at DEVOTE

2save noun : a play that prevents an opponent from scoring or winning

3save preposition : other than : EXCEPT

Synonyms

aside from, bar, barring, besides, but, except, outside—more at EXCEPT

4save conjunction : BUT

sav·er noun : one that saves

savings and loan association noun : a cooperative association that holds savings of members in the form of dividend-bearing shares and that invests chiefly in mortgage loans

savings bank noun : a bank that holds funds of individual depositors in interest-bearing accounts and makes long-term investments (as mortgage