-n. 4. salutation, address, compellation; greeting, how do you do, hello, hallo, hail, aloha, Chiefly Dial. howdy.
5. nod, bob, duck, tipping or doffing of one's hat or cap, wave; handshake, embrace, kiss, welcome, Inf glad hand; bow, curtsy, genuflection, salaam, kowtow; fanfare, fanfaron, “Ruffles and Flourishes,” salvo, twenty-one-gun salute.
6. homage, respects, honoring; recognition, tribute, testimony, testimonial; laudation, commendation, panegyric, encomium, eulogy.
salvage, n. 1. recovery operation, rescue operation; recovery, reclamation, retrieval, rescue, saving, salvation, ransom, redemption; restoration, restitution, reestablishment, regeneration, reconstitution, rejuvenation, revitalization, revivification, renewal; reconditioning, rehabilitating, reparation.
2. salvaged goods or parts, scraps, junk; remains, leftovers.
-v. 3. save, rescue, ransom, redeem; reclaim, re trieve, recover; restore, reestablish, regenerate, rejuvenate, revivify, renew; recondition, rehabilitate, repair.
salvation, n. 1. redemption, liberation, deliverance, emancipation; release, reprieve, escape, rescue; retrieval, saving, freeing, extrication, acquittance, acquittal; restoration, restitution, conversion, rebirth, regeneration, reconstitution,
2. protection, preservation, preserval, conservation, caring, safekeeping, exemption; safety, security, immunity.
salve, n. 1. healing ointment, lotion, oil, balm, liniment, unguent, embrocation, demulcent, Pharm. cerate; lenitive, Med. abirritant, Med. emollient.
2. remedy, cure, restorative, antidote, neutralizer; sedative, tranquilizer, Med. calmative, narcotic, opiate, drug; soporific, somnifacient, somnific, somniferous; analgesic, Inf. painkiller, anodyne, anesthetic; healing substance or agent, application; palliative, alleviative.
-v. 3. assuage, mitigate, relieve, ease, alleviate, palliate; moderate, temper, weaken, qualify; abate, lessen, diminish, lower, reduce; mollify, soften, Rare. lenify, soothe, Bril., Australian, dill, Archaic, attemper; pacify, calm, calm down, subdue, compose, comfort; succor, remedy, heal; pour oil on troubled waters.
salvo, n. 1. discharge of artillery, fusillade, Navy. broadside, volley; (with artillery or firearms) salute; bombardment, cannonade, fireworks; blast, peal, roar, thunder; explosion, eruption, burst.
2. applause, round of applause, cheers, plaudits, hand clapping, Inf. hand, cheering, rooting, whistling, stomping; dclat, outcry, outburst.
same, adj. 1. identical, identic, one and the same, consubstantial; the very same, selfsame, one and only, one, exact; ditto, repeat, duplicate, twin.
2. agreeing, corresponding, coincident, coinciding, congruous, matching; interchangeable, exchangeable, transposable; equivalent, equal, coequal, even; recip-rocative, reciprocal, mutual; correlative, comparable; similar, alike, like, much the same; synonymous, close, approximate, analogous, near.
3. unchanged, unaltered, unvaried, intact; constant, persistent, steady; changeless, unchanging, unvarying; lasting, enduring, abiding.
4. all the same a. nevertheless, nonetheless, Archaic. natheless, anyway, anyhow; regardless, be that as it may, for all that, after all is said and done, in spite of the fact, despite the fact, Archaic, withal, notwithstanding; at any rate, in any case, in any event; but, still, still and all, yet, even so, after all; at the same time.
b. immaterial, of no consequence, inconsequential, unimportant, not worth mentioning or talking about, not worth worrying about.