Synonyms of survives

survives

verb

present tense third-person singular of survive

1

as in endures

to come safely through

the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• endures
• weathers
• makes it (through)
• lives
• is
• withstands
• rides (out)
• continues
• outlives
• exists
• thrives
• outlasts
• persists
• wears out
• lasts
• subsists
• stands
• breathes
• holds out
• prospers
• abides
• sticks out
• flourishes
• leads
• holds on
• hangs on
• pulls through
• holds up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dies
• passes (on)
• expires
• perishes
• departs
• succumbs
• disappears
• passes away
• vanishes
• fades
• evaporates
• croaks
• ceases
• ends
• stops
• deceases

2

as in lasts

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs

some old-world customs still survive in modern-day America

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lasts
• prevails
• remains
• persists
• continues
• goes
• holds out
• endures
• manages
• holds up
• keeps up
• lingers
• stretches
• fares
• perseveres
• abides
• copes
• hangs in
• carries on
• gets on
• gets along
• makes out
• gets by
• draws out
• runs on
• bears up
• holds on
• hangs on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fails
• dies
• goes out
• runs out
• stops
• expires
• collapses
• gives out
• breaks
• breaks down
• crashes
• fizzles
• stalls
• cuts out
• peters (out)
• wanes
• runs down
• conks (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of survives

The answers say more about long-term viability than any success rate, because the system that survives at scale isn’t the one that fails least, but the one that fails best. — Shivansh Inamdar, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Because colonial powers have always feared the child who survives its violence and continues to imagine a sky beyond its rule. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

These advocates, in many cases, aren’t concerned about those issues, and believe that if humanity somehow survives the AI age, we are headed for a utopian future full of abundant health and scientific breakthroughs. — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Nearly everything that survives of the rebels comes down through their enemies’ pens; Greengrass’ film reaches toward lives that history left largely unseen. — Jp Mangalindan, Time, 11 Sep. 2026

Both questions matter, but only one survives in an industry afraid of big (and expensive) ideas. — Henry Metz, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

The rivalry burns as strong as ever, but so does the mutual respect, which survives the collisions, politics and long silences. — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Precious little of anything survives from a millennium ago, let alone textile, let alone narrative textile, hundreds of feet of it, unfolding in scene after scene with the colors still crisp. — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026

The wires are long gone, but wire house survives as a term for a large brokerage firm with a national network of offices. — Brian Lund, Encyclopedia Britannica, 4 Sep. 2026