Synonyms of surviving

surviving 1 of 2

adjective

as in extant

Related Words

• extant
• existing
• current
• prevailing
• going
• existent
• thriving
• active
• dynamic
• lively
• vibrant
• animated
• vigorous
• vital
• breathing
• live
• vivacious
• resurrected
• alive
• living
• animate
• quick

Dissimilar Words

• deceased
• dead
• dying
• cold
• expired
• departed
• defunct
• inanimate
• lifeless
• fading
• breathless
• nonliving
• moribund
• asleep
• stillborn
• resting
• gone
• absent
• extinct
• ghostly
• terminated
• vanished
• finished
• nonexistent
• lost
• wiped out
• fallen
• ghostlike
• lapsed
• barren
• desert
• reposing
• perished
• zombielike
• ghosty

surviving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of survive

1

as in living

to come safely through

the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• living
• weathering
• enduring
• being
• riding (out)
• making it (through)
• withstanding
• continuing
• outliving
• thriving
• existing
• outlasting
• wearing out
• subsisting
• prospering
• standing
• persisting
• breathing
• lasting
• holding out
• flourishing
• leading
• sticking out
• abiding
• hanging on
• holding on
• pulling through
• holding up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dying
• passing (on)
• departing
• perishing
• succumbing
• expiring
• passing away
• vanishing
• disappearing
• evaporating
• croaking
• fading
• ending
• deceasing
• stopping
• ceasing

2

as in lasting

to continue to operate or to meet one's needs

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lasting
• prevailing
• remaining
• continuing
• persisting
• going
• holding out
• managing
• enduring
• coping
• keeping up
• holding up
• persevering
• lingering
• stretching
• faring
• carrying on
• getting along
• hanging in
• getting on
• making out
• abiding
• drawing out
• hanging on
• holding on
• getting by
• running on
• bearing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• failing
• dying
• going out
• running out
• stopping
• giving out
• breaking
• collapsing
• crashing
• expiring
• breaking down
• stalling
• cutting out
• fizzling
• petering (out)
• waning
• running down
• conking (out)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surviving

Verb

Lots of acorns one year means lots of mice the next, which gives baby ticks a greater chance of biting a mouse and surviving long enough to bite us. — Meg Tirrell, CNN Money, 14 July 2026

After all, bills continue arriving, creditors may start reaching out and, in turn, surviving family members are often left to determine which financial obligations still need attention. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 13 July 2026

In the third season, Juliette has lost her memories in the process of surviving a near-fatal experience being locked in an incinerator. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 July 2026

The combination of an embroidery that old surviving intact all these years later and its thrilling telling of one of the most consequential battles in all of history just simply doesn’t have an equal. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

And Argentina had been living on the edge recently, surviving a one-goal triumph over World Cup first-timer Cabo Verde and putting together a miraculous comeback in the Round of 16 against Egypt after falling behind 2-0. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 12 July 2026

The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass. — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026

While most surviving accounts from the period are written, the tapestry offers a rare visual narrative of the events surrounding the conquest. — Tiago Ventura, Time, 10 July 2026

With little chance of surviving the Senate’s 60-vote threshold known as the filibuster, Johnson has pledged to try and pass a version of it as a budget bill, which requires just a simple majority in the upper chamber. — Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 7 July 2026