Associations to the word «Survive»
Noun
- Grandchild
- Adulthood
- Sole
- Infancy
- Fragmentary
- Ordeal
- Eviction
- Onslaught
- Auschwitz
- Manuscript
- Fragment
- Few
- Eldest
- Claimant
- Crash
- Last
- Holocaust
- Remnant
- Purge
- Spouse
- Granddaughter
- Crewman
- Clasp
- Papyrus
- Earthwork
- Shipwreck
- Assassination
- Extinction
- Progeny
- Effigy
- Gunshot
- Codex
- Daughter
- Sibling
- Wife
- Survival
- Chaser
- Captivity
- Vestige
- Offspring
- Sinking
- Spore
- Syriac
- Triassic
- Chancel
- Upheaval
- Survivor
- Seedling
- Childbirth
- Heiress
- Autograph
- Fetus
- Widow
- Starvation
- Fresco
- Embryo
- Baronetcy
- Wreckage
- Ghetto
- Deluge
- Smallpox
- None
- Drought
- Freezing
- Handful
- Catastrophe
- Relegation
- Son
- Explosion
- Heir
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SURVIVE, verb. (intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.
SURVIVE, verb. (intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.
SURVIVE, verb. (transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.
SURVIVE, verb. (transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.
SURVIVE, verb. (transitive) (sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.
Dictionary definition
SURVIVE, verb. Continue to live through hardship or adversity; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?".
SURVIVE, verb. Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds".
SURVIVE, verb. Support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day".
SURVIVE, verb. Live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years".
Wise words
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make
his words good.