survive meaning and definition

SURVIVE verb

Definition of survive (verb)

1. 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?"
   • synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on
2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   • "He survived the cancer against all odds"
   • synonyms: come through, make it, pull round, pull through
   • antonym: succumb
3. 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"
   • synonyms: exist, live, subsist
4. live longer than
   • "She outlived her husband by many years"
   • synonyms: outlast, outlive