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. Tim Tompkins:

   Gloria Gaynor is going to sing I Will Survive, which is kind of a theme with 2020 both metaphorically and unfortunately, literally.

2. Bruce Springsteen:

   She dances to survive, so lace up your dancing shoes and get going.

3. Katie Fallow:

   The media will sometimes get things wrong, as the Times did here. But as the court and jury found, the Times made a mistake that it corrected within hours, press freedom can't survive without breathing space for these kinds of mistakes, as the Supreme Court recognized more than half a century ago. Holding the Times liable here would have significantly reduced that breathing space and chilled press freedom.

4. Ryosuke Motani:

   It wouldn't survive in the modern world, but it didn't have any rivals at the time.

5. Geoff Askin:

   A lot of children wouldn’t survive that injury in the first place.