SURVIVE

exist, survive, live, subsist

(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, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

(verb) continue to live and avoid dying; “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?” “One crash victim died, the other lived”

outlive, outlast, survive

(verb) live longer than; “She outlived her husband by many years”

survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it

(verb) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); “He survived the cancer against all odds”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

survive (third-person singular simple present survives, present participle surviving, simple past and past participle survived)

(intransitive) Of a person, to continue to live; to remain alive.

(intransitive) Of an object or concept, to continue to exist.

(transitive) To live longer than; to outlive.

(transitive) To live past a life-threatening event.

(transitive) To be a victim of usually non-fatal harm, to honor and empower the strength of an individual to heal, in particular a living victim of sexual abuse or assault.

(transitive, sports) Of a team, to avoid relegation or demotion to a lower division or league.

Synonyms

• overlive

• (live longer than): outlive

Antonyms

• (live longer than): predecease

Anagrams

• viveurs

Source: Wiktionary

Sur*vive", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Survived; p. pr. & vb. n. Surviving.] Etym: [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals.]

Definition: To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event. Cowper. I'll assure her of Her widowhood, be it that she survive me, In all my lands and leases whatsoever. Shak.

Sur*vive", v. i.

Definition: To remain alive; to continue to live. Thy pleasure, Which, when no other enemy survives, Still conquers all the conquerors. Sir J. Denham. Alike are life and death, When life in death survives. Longfellow.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition