Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rescue
2 senses of rescue
Sense 1
rescue, deliver -- (free from harm or evil)
=> save, carry through, pull through, bring through -- (bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack")
Sense 2
rescue -- (take forcibly from legal custody; "rescue prisoners")
=> take -- (take by force; "Hitler took the Baltic Republics"; "The army took the fort on the hill")
Antonyms of adj rescued
1 sense of rescued
Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)
INDIRECT (VIA saved) -> lost -- (spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon")
Similarity of adj rescued
1 sense of rescued
Sense 1
rescued, reclaimed -- (delivered from danger)
=> saved (vs. lost) -- (rescued; especially from the power and consequences of sin; "a saved soul")