Nouns (0)
Verbs (14)
live, exist, subsist
v. 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"
outlive, outlast
v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
come through, make it, pull through
v. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds"
go, last, hold out, hold up, live, endure
v. continue to live; endure or last; "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?"
Adverbs (0)
Adjectives (0)
Fuzzynyms (37)
go, last, hold out, hold up, live, endure, survive
v. continue to live; endure or last; "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?"
run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
stay, remain, persist
v. stay behind; "The smell stayed in the room"; "The hostility remained long after they made up"
run, persist, die hard, endure, prevail
v. continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures"
last, endure
v. persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days"
brave, weather, endure, brave out
v. face or endure with courage; "She braved the elements"
preserve, continue, bear on, carry on, uphold
v. keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last; "preserve the peace in the family"; "continue the family tradition"; "Carry on the old traditions"
stay, abide, bide
v. dwell; "You can stay with me while you are in town"; "stay a bit longer--the day is still young"
survive, outlive, outlast
v. live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years"
Synonyms (5)
come, come up
v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"
hold, keep, maintain
v. keep in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., "keep clean"; "hold in place"; "She always held herself as a lady"; "The students keep me on my toes"
Antonyms (10)
yield, succumb
v. be fatally overwhelmed
exit, go, die, decease, expire, pass away, perish, pip out
v. pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "They children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102"
survive
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