Synonyms for survive
sərˈvaɪvsur·vive

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1. surviveverb

   To live longer than, to outlive.

   Synonyms:
   outlive

   Antonyms:
   predecease

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1. survive

   Synonyms:
   be born, be immortal, begin, come into being, come to life, exist, flourish, grow, live, rise again, rise from the dead

   Antonyms:
   cease, decease, decline, depart, die, expire, fade, perish, wither

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1. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold outverb

   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:
   subsist, perish, give way, hold out, run, endure, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, live, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, hold up, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delay

   Antonyms:
   succumb, yield

2. survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make itverb

   continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

   "He survived the cancer against all odds"

   Synonyms:
   go, exist, arrive, live, hold out, go far, last, bring through, break through, get through, hold up, subsist, deliver the goods, live on, bring home the bacon, carry through, come through, pull round, outlive, pull through, outlast, endure, pass, win, get in, make it, save, succeed

   Antonyms:
   succumb, yield

3. exist, survive, live, subsistverb

   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:
   go, exist, live, hold out, populate, be, experience, hold up, outlive, dwell, live on, come through, pull round, pull through, outlast, endure, subsist, inhabit, know, make it, last

   Antonyms:
   yield, succumb

4. outlive, outlast, surviveverb

   live longer than

   "She outlived her husband by many years"

   Synonyms:
   hold out, live on, outlive, hold up, exist, subsist, endure, come through, make it, outlast, live, go, pull round, last, pull through

   Antonyms:
   yield, succumb

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1. surviveverb

   Synonyms:
   remain alive, continue to live, live on

2. surviveverb

   Synonyms:
   outlive, live longer than

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1. List of paraphrases for "survive":

   surviving, outlive, survival, live, outlast

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1. William Cunningham:

   They're trying to survive outside — to get housing, to get a job. We just don't have a system that's designed for people who have those kinds of issues. It's designed for well-educated, well-informed consumers in a market type system, it's the context of people's lives that is just so difficult that HIV is not their biggest problem. We haven't come up with any kind of magic bullet, but at the very least, we need to focus on these social barriers to a greater extent.

2. Astronaut Mike Fincke:

   Each spacesuit is its own little spaceship, it has its own electrical power and thermal control system, oxygen and everything you need to survive for six to eight hours. We have to know our equipment just like anybody who goes on an expedition mountain climbing or underwater. It's what keeps you alive, so we need to know our equipment very well.

3. Pomona Police Chief Mike Olivieri:

   It is with a heavy heart that I must report that one officer did not survive.

4. Monica Lewinsky:

   Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: you can survive it, i know it's hard. It may not be painless, quick or easy, but you can insist on a different ending to your story.

5. PJ Uppal:

   Without the heart the brain cannot survive. Without the brain, though, the heart serves no purpose.