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surviving

verb , present participle of survive

Synonyms and Antonyms of surviving

1 to come safely through

the cat miraculously survived a two-story fall

Synonyms of surviving

riding (out), weathering

Words Related to surviving

outlasting, outliving, wearing out

pulling through

abiding, continuing, enduring, hanging on, holding on, holding out, holding up, lasting, leading, persisting, standing, sticking out, withstanding

being, breathing, existing, living, subsisting

flourishing, prospering, thriving

Phrases Synonymous with surviving

making it (through)

Near Antonyms of surviving

croaking [slang], deceasing, departing, dying, expiring, passing away, passing (on), perishing, succumbing

disappearing, evaporating, fading, vanishing

ceasing, ending, stopping

2 to continue to operate or to meet one's needs

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

Synonyms of surviving

holding out, holding up, keeping up, lasting, prevailing

Words Related to surviving

bearing up, carrying on, coping, enduring, faring, getting along, getting by, getting on, going, hanging in, making out, managing, persevering

abiding, continuing, drawing out, hanging on, holding on, lingering, persisting, remaining, running on, stretching

Near Antonyms of surviving

breaking, breaking down, collapsing, conking (out), crashing, cutting out, dying, expiring, stalling, stopping

running down, waning

Antonyms of surviving

failing, fizzling, giving out, going out, petering (out), running out

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