survive

Meaning

  1. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  2. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  3. (transitive) To live past (a life-threatening event)
  4. (transitive) To live longer than (someone); to outlive (someone or something); to outlast (something).
  5. (intransitive) To be a victim of nonfatal but substantial harm and nonetheless to display the strength to heal; especially, after a crime or an illness, especially sexual or physical abuse or assault, cancer, or a natural disaster.
  6. (intransitive) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

Opposite of
predecease#Verb
Synonyms

live
A1
outlive
23k
exist
B1
live through
endure
C1
recover
B2
remain
B1
outlast
36k
alive
A1
roam
C1
last
A1
wander
C1
live on

remain alive

move around
escape
A2
pull through

be saved

get better
come through
saved
A2

escape from death

experience
A2
subsist
hold out
rescued
C1
withstand
C2
save
A1
go
A1

escape death

livelong

live long

revive
C2
spared
C1

pull round

hold up
make it

be left whole

escape destruction

remain whole/intact

out-live

outliv

be
A1

be alive

bear
A2
🐻

be left

breathe
B1
come to life
continue
A2
cope
C1
Translations

survivre
überleben
sobrevivir
sopravvivere
sobreviver
sobreviure
overleven
vivre
sopportare
🐻

επιβιώνω

supersto
supersum
vivo

επιζώ

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈvaɪv/
Etymology

From Anglo-Norman survivre, Old French survivre, from Late Latin supervivere (“to outlive”), from Latin super (“over”) + vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”). See vivid. Compare devive, revive.

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