survivability
Ability to persist
Survivability is the capacity to remain functional or alive under adverse conditions.
The term appears most often in military and engineering contexts: the survivability of a vehicle under fire, the survivability of a system after component failure.
It emphasizes not just survival but the ability to continue operating: The aircraft's survivability depends on its stealth features and redundant systems.
Capacity for sustained effort
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
durability · robustness · steadfastness · grit · determination · hardiness · tirelessness · indefatigability
Protective combat covering
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
- defenseProtection against harm
shelter · barrier · resistance · imperviousness · bunker · countermeasures · stealth · camouflage
Fitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
- acclimatizationAdjusting to new conditions
healing · regeneration · metabolism · hibernation · dormancy · drought-tolerance · camouflage · extremophile
Recovery from adversity
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- reboundReturn after deflection
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- renewalMaking current again
buoyancy · recovery · redundancy · fail-safe · fault-tolerance · self-repair · load-bearing
Potential for success
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- practicalityQuality of being useful
- effectivenessSuccess in producing results
stability · serviceability · maintainability · reliability · life-support · habitability · self-sufficiency · contingency
Restoration of health
- restorationReturning something to condition
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- recuperationGradual return to health
revival · therapy · treatment · remission · reconstitution · rejuvenation · resuscitation · revitalization
stamina
Capacity for sustained effort
- persistenceContinuing despite difficulty
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
tenacity · durability · robustness · steadfastness · grit · determination · hardiness · tirelessness · indefatigability · vigor
armor
Protective combat covering
- shieldingProtecting from harm
- hardeningBecoming less soft
- fortificationStrengthening defenses or nutrients
defense · shelter · barrier · resistance · imperviousness · bunker · countermeasures · stealth · camouflage · evasion
adaptation
Fitting to new conditions
- fitnessGood physical shape
- evolutionSpecies changing over generations
- hardinessAbility to endure adversity
acclimatization · healing · regeneration · metabolism · hibernation · dormancy · drought-tolerance · camouflage · extremophile · lifespan
bounceback
Recovery from adversity
- elasticityTendency to resume original form
- reboundReturn after deflection
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
renewal · buoyancy · recovery · redundancy · fail-safe · fault-tolerance · self-repair · load-bearing
feasibility
Potential for success
- sustainabilityCapacity to endure indefinitely
- functionalityPractical operational capacity
- practicalityQuality of being useful
effectiveness · stability · serviceability · maintainability · reliability · life-support · habitability · self-sufficiency · contingency · threshold
healing
Restoration of health
- restorationReturning something to condition
- convalescencePost-illness healing phase
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
recuperation · revival · therapy · treatment · remission · reconstitution · rejuvenation · resuscitation · revitalization · repair
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- hardiness traitsresilience, durability, toughness, stamina, endurance
- Black Boxesflight recorder, cockpit recorder, cockpit voice recorder, data recorder, voice recorder
- military mathballistics, cryptography, trajectory, targeting, fire control
survivabilityfragility
Ease of breaking
brittleness · weakness · frailty · flimsiness · delicacy
survivabilityvulnerability
Openness to harm
susceptibility · defenselessness · exposure · precariousness · endangerment
survivabilitylethality
Ability to cause death
fatality · mortality · deadliness · nonviability · terminality
survive, survival, surviving, survivor, survives, survived, survivors, survivals, survivalism