survive

Verb

Meaning

To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.

To remain alive; to continue to live.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

outlive last live exist endure subsist outlast make it live on hold up come through hold out pull through pull round make

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Antonyms

succumb die yield surrender extinct submit

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Hypernyms

defeat overcome get the better of

Hyponyms

drift breathe freewheel stand up hold water hold up

Related terms

survival revive vivid convive devive

Phrases with the word

I survive ability to survive can survive without survive on not survive until to survive

Derivatives

survived surviving

Examples

And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about. Haruki Murakami

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you. Margaret Atwood

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. Robertson Davies

A mother's wrath does not survive the night. Burundi Proverb

To sail is necessary, survive is not necessary. Portuguese Proverb

The peacemaker dies, while the fighters survive. Kiganda Proverb

Close letter words and terms

survivance survivancy survivant survive on survivency surviver