Survive

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sur=vive

CIDE DICTIONARY

Survive, v. t. [F. survivre, L. supervivere; super over + vivere to live. See Super-, and Victuals.].

 To live beyond the life or existence of; to live longer than; to outlive; to outlast; as, to survive a person or an event.  Cowper.  [1913 Webster]

Survive, v. i. 

 To remain alive; to continue to live.  [1913 Webster]
"Thy pleasure,
Which, when no other enemy survives,
Still conquers all the conquerors."  [1913 Webster]
"Alike are life and death,
When life in death survives."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Survive, v.
1 intr. continue to live or exist; be still alive or existent.
2 tr. live or exist longer than.
3 tr. remain alive after going through, or continue to exist in spite of (a danger, accident, etc.).

Etymology

ME f. AF survivre, OF sourvivre f. L supervivere (as SUPER, vivere live)

THESAURUS

Survive

abide, be left, be spared, bide, bounce back, carry on, carry through, cheat death, come around, come back, come round, come through, come to, come up smiling, continue, continue to be, cope, defeat time, defy time, dwell, eke out, endure, exist, extend, get about, get along, get by, get on, get over, get well, go on, go on with, hang in, hang on, hang tough, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, keep afloat, keep alive, keep at it, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live down, live on, live through, maintain, make a comeback, make ends meet, make it, make out, manage, never say die, outlast, outlive, outwear, perdure, perennate, persevere, persist, prevail, pull round, pull through, rally, recover, remain, rest, revive, ride out, run, run on, scrape along, see it through, stand, stay, stay on, stick it out, stick to it, subsist, support life, sustain, tarry, tide over, wear, wear well, weather the storm

ROGET THESAURUS

Survive

Restoration

VB return to the original state, recover, rally, revive, come come to, come round, come to oneself, pull through, weather the storm, be oneself again, get well, get round, get the better of, get over, get about, rise from one's ashes, rise from the grave, survive, resume, reappear, come to, come to life again, live again, rise again, heal, skin over, cicatrize, right itself, restore, put back, place in statu quo, reinstate, replace, reseat, rehabilitate, reestablish, reestate, reinstall, reconstruct, rebuild, reorganize, reconstitute, reconvert, renew, renovate, regenerate, rejuvenate, redeem, reclaim, recover, retrieve, rescue, redress, recure, cure, heal, remedy, doctor, physic, medicate, break of, bring round, set on one's legs, resuscitate, revive, reanimate, revivify, recall to life, reproduce, warm up, reinvigorate, refresh, make whole, redintegrate, recoup, make good, make all square, rectify, correct, put right, put to rights, set right, set to rights, set straight, set up, put in order, refit, recruit, fill up, fill up the ranks, reinforce, repair, put in repair, remanufacture, put in thorough repair, put in complete repair, retouch, refashion, botch, vamp, tinker, cobble, do up, patch up, touch up, plaster up, vamp up, darn, finedraw, heelpiece, stop a gap, stanch, staunch, caulk, calk, careen, splice, bind up wounds.

Remainder

VB remain, be left, exceed, survive, leave.

Diuturnity

VB last, endure, stand, remain, abide, continue, brave a thousand years, tarry, drag on, drag its slow length along, drag a lengthening chain, protract, prolong, spin out, eke out, draw out, lengthen out, temporize, gain time, make time, talk against time, outlast, outlive, survive, live to fight again.

Permanence

VB let alone, let be, let it be, persist, remain, stay, tarry, rest, stet (copy editing) hold, hold on, last, endure, bide, abide, aby, dwell, maintain, keep, stand, stand still, stand fast, subsist, live, outlive, survive, hold one's ground, keep one's ground, hold one's footing, keep one's footing, hold good.