Antonyms for survive
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ser-vahyv |
| Phonetic Transcription : sərˈvaɪv |
Definition of survive
Origin :- early 15c., "act or condition of one person outliving another," originally in the legal (inheritance) sense, from Anglo-French survivre, Old French souvivre, from Latin supervivere "live beyond, live longer than," from super "over, beyond" (see super-) + vivere "to live" (see vivid). Related: Survived; surviving.
- verb continue to live
- There are too many things which survive which ought to be killed off.
- Extract from : « Understanding the Scriptures » by Francis McConnell
- He should survive, even if the event were indefinitely postponed.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- She could not understand how Kingozi managed to survive ten hours day after day.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- Granada may yet survive, if monarch and people unite together.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- I cancel the oath now, for the knowledge of it should survive his life and mine.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Fictions or realities, could they survive the touchstone of this atom of common sense?
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- Of the four children who were the fruit of this marriage, but two survive.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- Be mine, and wholly mine—or never, never will I survive your desertion!
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- It was a disgrace to lose one's sword or to survive if the leader was killed.
- Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
- If Hooker is in fault, then he ought not to survive this disaster.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
Synonyms for survive
- be extant
- be left
- bear
- carry on
- carry through
- come through
- cut it
- endure
- exist
- get on
- get through
- go all the way
- go the limit
- handle
- hold out
- keep
- keep afloat
- last
- live
- live down
- live on
- live out
- live through
- make a comeback
- make the cut
- outlast
- outlive
- outwear
- persevere
- persist
- pull out of it
- pull through
- recover
- remain
- remain alive
- revive
- ride out
- see through
- stand up
- subsist
- suffer
- sustain
- tough it out
- weather
- withstand
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