salvage [sal-vij]
Main Entry:
salvage [sal-vij]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: save, rescue
Synonyms: deliver, get back, glean, ransom, reclaim, recover, redeem, regain, restore, retrieve, salve
Antonyms: endanger, harm, hurt, injure, lose, waste
Main Entry: delivery
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: giving of freedom
Synonyms: deliverance, emancipation, escape, freeing, liberation, pardon, release, rescue, salvage, salvation
Antonyms: capture, confinement, imprisonment, restraint
Main Entry: discount
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: reduction in cost
Synonyms: abatement, allowance, commission, concession, cut, cut rate, decrease, deduction, depreciation, diminution, drawback, exemption, knock-off, markdown, modification, percentage, premium, qualification, rebate, remission, rollback, salvage, something off, subtraction, tare
Antonyms: increase, mark-up, premium, rise
Main Entry: freedom
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: political independence
Synonyms: abolition, abolitionism, autarchy, autonomy, citizenship, deliverance, delivery, democracy, discharge, disengagement, disimprisonment, emancipation, enfranchisement, exemption, extriction, franchise, home rule, immunity, impunity, liberation, liberty, manumission, parole, prerogative, privilege, probation, redemption, release, relief, representative government, rescue, salvage, salvation, self-determination, self-government, sovereignty
Antonyms: communism, government, subjection, subordination, suppression
Main Entry: get back
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regain
Synonyms: reclaim, recoup, recover, repossess, retrieve, salvage
Antonyms: lose, miss, pass
Main Entry: junk
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: odds and ends; garbage
Synonyms: clutter, collateral, debris, filth, hogwash, litter, miscellany, offal, refuse, rubbish, rubble, rummage, salvage, scrap, trash, waste
Main Entry: loot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: steal goods
Synonyms: appropriate, boost, burglarize, despoil, grab, gut, liberate, lift, loft, make, moonlight requisition, pillage, plunder, raid, ransack, ravage, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, snitch, stick up, swipe, take, thieve, tip over
Antonyms: give, receive
Main Entry: obtain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get, acquire
Synonyms: access, accomplish, achieve, annex, attain, beg borrow or steal, capture, chalk up, collect, come by, compass, cop, corral, drum up, earn, effect, fetch, gain, gather, get at, get hold of, get one's hands on, glean, gobble up, grab, have, hoard, inherit, invade, lay up, make use of, nab, occupy, pick up, pocket, procure, purchase, reach, realize, reap, receive, recover, retrieve, salvage, save, score, scrape together, scrape up, secure, seize, snag, take, wangle, win
Antonyms: forfeit, forsake, lose, sacrifice
Main Entry: plunder
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ravage, steal
Synonyms: appropriate, burn, depredate, despoil, devastate, fleece, forage, foray, grab, gut, kip, knock off, knock over, lay waste, liberate, lift, loft, loot, maraud, moonlight requisition, pillage, prey, prowl, raid, ransack, relieve, requisition, rifle, rip off, rob, sack, salvage, smash and grab, snatch, spoil, stick up, strip
Antonyms: give, receive
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