survive
/sɚˈvaɪv/verb2 syllables
Survive means: continue to live and avoid dying.
Synonyms for survive17
verb, as in continue to live and avoid dying
verb, as in continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
pull through, pull round, come through, make it
verb, as in live longer than
outlive, outlast
Opposites of survive
succumb
What does survive mean?4
verb
1
continue to live and avoid dying“We went without water and food for 3 days”
2
support oneself“he could barely exist on such a low wage”
3
continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)“He survived the cancer against all odds”
4
live longer than“She outlived her husband by many years”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with survive?13
Survive in a sentence
- Statistics show that of those who contract the habit of eating, very few survive.carlosalberto
- If civilization is to survive, it must choose the rule of law.Hybrid
- Few people, if any, could survive a nuclear war.CK
- In the face of ruthless competition, our business failed to survive.Objectivesea
- If it were not for water, humans could not survive.kuma
- Haha, your pants did not survive the wash.Eccles17
- If you wanna survive in this prison, you'll have to be a badass.OsoHombre
- If we don't find water we can drink, we won't survive on his island.CK
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Forms of survive
as a verb
- past tense
- survived
- present participle
- surviving
- third-person singular
- survives
- past participle
- survived