1. (

• survive ,
• last ,
• live ,
• live_on ,
• go ,
• endure ,
• hold_up ,
• hold_out

) continue to live and avoid dying; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" "One crash victim died, the other lived" ;

2. (

• survive ,
• pull_through ,
• pull_round ,
• come_through ,
• make_it

) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.); "He survived the cancer against all odds" ;

3. (

• exist ,
• survive ,
• live ,
• subsist

) support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" ;

4. (

• outlive ,
• outlast ,
• survive ,

) live longer than; "She outlived her husband by many years" ;