Antonyms 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

   Antonyms:
   cease, decease, decline, depart, die, expire, fade, perish, wither

   Synonyms:
   be born, be immortal, begin, come into being, come to life, exist, flourish, grow, live, rise again, rise from the dead

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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?"

   Antonyms:
   succumb, yield

   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

2. survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make itverb

   continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)

   "He survived the cancer against all odds"

   Antonyms:
   succumb, yield

   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

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"

   Antonyms:
   yield, succumb

   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

4. outlive, outlast, surviveverb

   live longer than

   "She outlived her husband by many years"

   Antonyms:
   yield, succumb

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

How to use survive in a sentence?

1. Donald Henderson:

   These things tend to be big, i think they had to be big to survive in that environment.

2. Matthew Stover:

   Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: an unjust civilization is built upon sand. It does not long survive a storm.

3. Jamaal Bowman:

   When you have the resources, you expect the resources to continue to be present and serve your family and your community, when you have less, generally, you tend to just want to have what you need in order to survive and get by. That has been the case historically.

4. Anthony Robbins:

   Job dissatisfaction is the number one factor in whether you survive your first heart attack.

5. Matt Kean:

   The provision of supplementary food is one of the key strategies we are deploying to promote the survival and recovery of endangered species like the brush-tailed rock-wallaby, initial fire assessments indicate the habitat of several important brush-tailed rock-wallaby populations was burnt in the recent bushfires. The wallabies typically survive the fire itself, but are then left stranded with limited natural food as the fire takes out the vegetation around their rocky habitat.

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