| survival | (n) a state of surviving; remaining alive, Syn. endurance |
| survival | (n) a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment, Syn. survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection |
| survival | (n) something that survives |
| survivalist | (n) someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation |
| survive | (v) continue to live through hardship or adversity, Syn. live, live on, endure, hold out, hold up, last, go, Example: 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 | (v) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.), Syn. come through, pull round, make it, pull through, Ant. succumb, Example: He survived the cancer against all odds |
| survivor | (n) one who lives through affliction, Syn. subsister, Example: the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital |
| survivor | (n) one who outlives another, Example: he left his farm to his survivors |
| survivor | (n) an animal that survives in spite of adversity, Example: only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters |
| survivor guilt | (n) a deep feeling of guilt often experienced by those who have survived some catastrophe that took the lives of many others; derives in part from a feeling that they did not do enough to save the others who perished and in part from feelings of being unworthy relative to those who died, Example: survivor guilt was first noted in those who survived the Holocaust |
| Survival | n. [ From Survive. ] The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Survivancy | His son had the survivance of the stadtholdership. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ] Variants: Survivance |
| Survive | v. i. To remain alive; to continue to live. [ 1913 Webster ] Thy pleasure, Alike are life and death, |
| Survive | v. t. I'll assure her of |
| Survivency | n. Survivorship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Surviver | n. One who survives; a survivor. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Surviving | a. Remaining alive; yet living or existing; |
| Survivor | n. The survivor bound |
| Survivorship | n.
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