lifesaver Definition
☆ life·saver (-sāv′ər)
noun
- a person or thing that saves people from drowning, as a lifeguard
- Informal a person or thing that gives aid in time of need
lifesaver Usage Examples
Converse of object
- become: Blood donors can also add their name to the NBS's own Bone Marrow Register - and become a lifesaver twice over this holiday.
- prove: But in any subsequent wave it could prove a lifesaver.
- help: Cash boost helps lifesavers at The Royal London Hospital.
Adjective modifier
- real: And then there is the campus shop - a real lifesaver for daily food and household essentials.
- potential: If Banjo brings her enough Hollow Honeycombs, this potential lifesaver will work her magic on that all-important health bar.
- absolute: For a JS newbie the ability to do that is an absolute lifesaver.
- major: Scaled up over northern Europe, mild winters are evidently a major lifesaver, but this is conveniently ignored too.
- little: This little lifesaver will have the creative juices flowing in no time.
Modifies a noun
course: Module One: This ITC course is a lifesaver course, giving participants basic lifesaving emergency technique.
Noun used with modifier
- combat: All combat units and some CS and CSS units have combat lifesavers.
- surf: He had a lean athletic body, like a surf lifesaver, but without the suntan.
Possessives
glance: Before changing course you should also use the ' lifesaver ' glance.
Preposition: for
anyone: This product is yet another lifesaver for anyone who is continually on the road with his or her computer.

