Synonyms for survival
sərˈvaɪ vəlsur·vival

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.2 / 6 votes

1. survival, endurancenoun

   a state of surviving; remaining alive

   Synonyms:
   selection, survival of the fittest, natural selection, endurance

2. survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selectionnoun

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonyms:
   selection, pick, endurance, choice, extract, excerpt, excerption, survival of the fittest, option, natural selection

3. survivalnoun

   something that survives

   Synonyms:
   selection, survival of the fittest, natural selection, endurance

Matched Categories

1. • Continuance
   • Life
   • Natural Process

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.3 / 4 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "survival":

   survivorship, survivability, survive, life-saving, subsistence, existence, survivor, livelihood, life-support, residual, lifeline, self-preservation, life-sustaining, viability

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1. Another North Korean propaganda outlet:

   The emergency epidemic prevention measures carried out by our party and the government are highly trustworthy preemptive and decisive measures that ensure the survival and safety of our people.

2. Alex Trebek:

   You know my oncologist tried to cheer me up the other day, he said, Alex, even though the two-year survival rate is only 7 %, he was certain that one year from now, the two of us would be sitting in his office celebrating my second anniversary of survival.

3. Thorsten J. Pattberg:

   As a rule, for any society that is single-mindedly interested in its own promotion and thus survival, it would have to have a huge population and it would have to send its people out, not letting too many others in.

4. Nick Botwood:

   We're really beginning to deliver now on the promise of immuno-oncology, which is to provide as many patients as possible with the potential for survival benefit, there's a very clear difference between Opdivo and the old standard of care, which is chemotherapy.

5. Roger Germann:

   Conservation and saving wildlife from extinction is our foremost business focus and scientific breakthroughs that have a direct impact on protecting and restoring our natural environment is why we exist, healthy coral reefs are vital to the survival and quality of life of humans and animals, especially here in Florida Reef and throughout the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico. We believe it's our responsibility to save the Florida Reef Tract from disappearing.