survives
Makes it through
Survives is the third-person singular of survive—to continue living or existing despite danger, hardship, or threat.
Someone survives an accident, a disease, or a difficult childhood.
Things survive too: Few manuscripts survive from that period.
To survive someone is to outlive them: She survives her husband by ten years.
Survive also means simply to get by: I'm surviving on coffee and hope.
Continues over time
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- remainsContinues in place
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
- continuesProceeds without stopping
withstands · outlives · outlasts · weathers · resists · maintains · preserves · durable
Continues in place
- persistsCarries on stubbornly
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- continuesProceeds without stopping
- outlivesPersists longer than another
outlasts · preserves · perpetuates · heritage · memory · tradition · descendant · heir
Defeats or masters
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
- withstandsTolerates without yielding
weathers · outlasts · prevails · defies · resists · braves · suffers · struggles
Restores to wellness
- recoversRegains health or possession
- recuperatesRegains health gradually
- convalescesRegains health gradually
- reboundsReturns after deflection
rallies · revives · regenerates · mends · rehabilitates · remission · restoration · renewal
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- rareSeldom found or seen
- protectedKept from harm
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
habitat · species · population · breeding · sanctuary · refuge · wildlife · ecosystem
lasts
Continues over time
continues · withstands · outlives · outlasts · weathers · resists · maintains · preserves · durable · sturdy
remains
Continues in place
outlives · outlasts · preserves · perpetuates · heritage · memory · tradition · descendant · heir · lineage
overcomes
Defeats or masters
- enduresContinues despite hardship
- perseveresContinues despite difficulty
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
withstands · weathers · outlasts · prevails · defies · resists · braves · suffers · struggles · fights
heals
Restores to wellness
- recoversRegains health or possession
- recuperatesRegains health gradually
- convalescesRegains health gradually
rebounds · rallies · revives · regenerates · mends · rehabilitates · remission · restoration · renewal · second-chance
endangered
At risk of extinction
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- rareSeldom found or seen
- protectedKept from harm
conservation · habitat · species · population · breeding · sanctuary · refuge · wildlife · ecosystem · biodiversity
- bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect
- successsuccess, succeeds, achievement, wins, triumph
survivesceases
Discontinues or terminates
disappears · dies out · ends · vanishes · fades away
- last survivorFinal person still alive
- survival kitLife-preserving supply bundle
- survival knivesRugged outdoor cutting tools
- jungle survivalThriving in wild tropics
- survival instinctInborn drive to live
- survival skillsKnowledge for staying alive