SURVIVAL Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

survival

noun

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uninterrupted or lasting life The survival of many endangered species is imperiled by human action.

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Recent Examples of survival However, this ended up adding more challenges to the tree's survival, preventing it from aging naturally. —

Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 18 June 2026 The psychological toll of living at or below the survival wage is immense. —

Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 18 June 2026 Iran is casting its survival as a strategic victory over the US and Israel. —

Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 18 June 2026 In cold water, survival time can collapse frighteningly fast. —

New Atlas, 18 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for survival

Recent Examples of Synonyms for survival

Noun

A discussion led by Weeden on native survivance in the face of suppression and colonization will follow.

— Courant Community, Courant Community, 8 May 2017

Definition of survivance

Noun

In the age of Neapolitan worship, some Melburnians disdain its existence for the cheap ingredients that defined early Australian versions.

— Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2026
Lead vocalist Jacob Bannon came across the phenomenon when researching his own tinnitus and reimagined it as a culmination of all the pain and suffering in human existence.

— Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 24 June 2026

Definition of existence

Noun

In reality, experts say survivorship is its own phase of care.

— Lauryn Higgins, Flow Space, 15 June 2026
Half of them received only standard survivorship care without the yoga, while the other half received standard care and were also enrolled in the Yoga for Cancer Survivors (YOCAS) program.

— Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026