outliving
Exceeding in lifespan
Outliving is surviving longer than someone or something else.
A person outlives a spouse, a pet, or a generation.
Things outlive their usefulness when they persist past the point of being helpful: The policy has outlived its purpose.
To outlive a reputation is to endure beyond it: She outlived the scandal that once defined her.
Duration of existence
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- staminaCapacity for sustained effort
tenacity · fortitude · perseverance · durability · outlasting · surviving · lifespan · staying power
Property received from ancestors
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
- willFaculty of deliberate choice
- testamentWritten proof or legacy
heirloom · endowment · birthright · patrimony · succession · beneficiary · heir · posterity
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- widowhoodStatus after spouse dies
- mourningPeriod following loss
- survivorsThose still alive after
remaining · left behind · solitude · coping · aftermath · carrying on · remembrance · sorrow
Making something seem old-fashioned
- supersedingReplacing with something newer
- surpassingGoing beyond in quality
- exceedingGoing beyond limits
- transcendingExceeding normal bounds
eclipse · displacement · replacement · extinction · fading · vanishing · irrelevance · anachronism
longevity
Duration of existence
- enduranceSustained effort capacity
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
stamina · tenacity · fortitude · perseverance · durability · outlasting · surviving · lifespan · staying power · hardiness
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
testament · heirloom · endowment · birthright · patrimony · succession · beneficiary · heir · posterity · descendants
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- bereavementState following loss
- widowhoodStatus after spouse dies
- mourningPeriod following loss
survivors · remaining · left behind · solitude · coping · aftermath · carrying on · remembrance · sorrow · alone
outdating
Making something seem old-fashioned
- supersedingReplacing with something newer
- surpassingGoing beyond in quality
- exceedingGoing beyond limits
transcending · eclipse · displacement · replacement · extinction · fading · vanishing · irrelevance · anachronism · decay