survive

/sɚvˈaɪv/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. continue to live and avoid dying
   “We went without water and food for 3 days”
2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   “He survived the cancer against all odds”
3. support oneself
   “he could barely exist on such a low wage”
4. live longer than
   “She outlived her husband by many years”

Synonyms for survive

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

Antonyms of survive

• succumb

Words that rhyme with survive

• drive
• live
• alive
• dive
• hive
• derive
• revive
• beehive
• five
• overdrive
• contrive
• deprive
• nosedive
• archive
• arrive
• connive
• jive
• strive
• thrive
• clyve
• dr
• hyperdrive
• shive