Synonyms of the word survive


SURVIVEDEFEAT - ENDURE - EXIST - GO - LAST - LIVE - OUTLAST - OUTLIVE - OVERCOME - SUBSIST

survive

  • v. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
  • v. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
  • v. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
  • v. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
  • v. (transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

defeat

  • v. (transitive) To overcome in battle or contest.
  • v. (transitive) To reduce, to nothing, the strength of.
  • v. (transitive) To nullify.
  • n. The act of defeating or being defeated.

endure

  • v. (intransitive) To continue or carry on, despite obstacles or hardships.
  • v. (transitive) To tolerate or put up with something unpleasant.
  • v. (intransitive) To last.
  • v. To remain firm, as under trial or suffering; to suffer patiently or without yielding; to bear up under…
  • v. (transitive) To suffer patiently.
  • v. (obsolete) To indurate.

exist

  • v. to be; have existence; have being or reality.

go

  • v. To move.
  • v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
  • v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
  • v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
  • v. (intransitive) To attend.
  • v. To proceed.
  • v. To follow or travel along (a path).
  • v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
  • v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
  • v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
  • v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
  • v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
  • v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
  • v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
  • v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
  • v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
  • v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
  • v. To pass, to be used up.
  • v. (intransitive) To die.
  • v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
  • v. To break down or apart.
  • v. (intransitive) To be sold.
  • v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
  • v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
  • v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
  • v. To say (something), to make a sound.
  • v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
  • v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
  • v. To apply or subject oneself to.
  • v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
  • v. (intransitive) To date.
  • v. To attack.
  • v. To be in general; to be usually.
  • v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
  • v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
  • v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
  • v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
  • n. (uncommon) The act of going.
  • n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
  • n. An attempt, a try.
  • n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
  • n. An act; the working or operation.
  • n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
  • n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
  • n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
  • n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
  • n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
  • n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
  • n. A period of activity.
  • n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
  • n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

last

  • adj. Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind.
  • adj. Most recent, latest, last so far.
  • adj. Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable.
  • adj. Being the only one remaining of its class.
  • adj. Supreme; highest in degree; utmost.
  • adj. Lowest in rank or degree.
  • adv. Most recently.
  • adv. (sequence) after everything else; finally.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To perform, carry out.
  • v. (intransitive) To endure, continue over time.
  • v. (intransitive) To hold out, continue undefeated or entire.
  • n. A tool for shaping or preserving the shape of shoes.
  • v. To shape with a last; to fasten or fit to a last; to place smoothly on a last.
  • n. (obsolete) A burden; load; a cargo; freight.
  • n. (obsolete) A measure of weight or quantity, varying in designation depending on the goods concerned.
  • n. (obsolete) An old English (and Dutch) measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to two tons.
  • n. A load of some commodity with reference to its weight and commercial value.

live

  • v. (intransitive) To be alive; to have life.
  • v. (intransitive) To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To survive; to persevere; to continue.
  • v. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To cope.
  • v. (intransitive) To pass life in a specified manner.
  • v. (transitive) To spend, as one's life; to pass; to maintain; to continue in, constantly or habitually.
  • v. (transitive) To act habitually in conformity with; to practice; to exemplify in one's way of life.
  • v. (intransitive) To outlast danger; to float (said of a ship, boat, etc).
  • v. (intransitive, followed by "on" or "upon") To maintain or support one's existence; to provide for oneself;…
  • v. (intransitive, informal) To make the most of life; to experience a full rich life.
  • adj. (only used attributively) Having life; that is alive.
  • adj. Being in existence; actual.
  • adj. Having active properties; being energized.
  • adj. Operational; being in actual use rather than in testing.
  • adj. (engineering) Imparting power; having motion.
  • adj. (sports) Still in active play.
  • adj. (broadcasting) Seen or heard from a broadcast, as it happens.
  • adj. Of a performance or speech, in person.
  • adj. Of a recorded performance, made in front of an audience, or not having been edited after recording.
  • adj. Of firearms or explosives, capable of causing harm.
  • adj. (circuitry) Electrically charged or energized, usually indicating that the item may cause electrocution…
  • adj. (poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
  • adj. Featuring humans; not animated, in the phrases “live actors” or “live action”.
  • adj. Being in a state of ignition; burning.
  • adj. (obsolete) Full of earnestness; active; wide awake; glowing.
  • adj. (obsolete) Vivid; bright.
  • adv. Of an event, as it happens; in real time; direct.
  • adv. Of making a performance or speech, in person.

outlast

  • v. (transitive) to live, last or remain longer than something else.

outlive

  • v. (transitive) To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
  • v. (transitive) To live through or past (a given time).
  • v. (transitive) To surpass in duration; outlast.
  • v. (intransitive) To live longer; continue to live.

overcome

  • v. (transitive) To surmount (a physical or abstract obstacle); to prevail over, to get the better of.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To win (a battle).
  • v. (intransitive) To win or prevail in some sort of battle, contest, etc.
  • v. (transitive, usually in passive) To overwhelm with emotion.
  • v. To come or pass over; to spread over.
  • v. To overflow; to surcharge.

subsist

  • v. To survive on a minimum of resources.
  • v. (chiefly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
  • v. To continue; to retain a certain state.

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