survivor

sur·vive  (sr-vv)

v. sur·vived, sur·viv·ing, sur·vives

v.intr.

1. To remain alive or in existence.

2. To carry on despite hardships or trauma; persevere: families that were surviving in tents after the flood.

3. To remain functional or usable: I dropped the radio, but it survived.

v.tr.

1. To live longer than; outlive: She survived her husband by five years.

2. To live, persist, or remain usable through: plants that can survive frosts; a clock that survived a fall.

3. To cope with (a trauma or setback); persevere after: survived child abuse.

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[Middle English surviven, from Old French sourvivre, from Latin supervvere : super-, super- + vvere, to live; see g^wei- in Indo-European roots.]

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sur·vivor n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	survivor - one who lives through affliction; "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital" subsister unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
	2.	survivor - one who outlives another; "he left his farm to his survivors" individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	3.	survivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters" animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

Translations

survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] n → superviviente m/f

survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] survive n → survivant(e)

survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] survive n → Überlebende(r) f(m)

survivor [səˈvaɪvəʳ] n → superstite m/f; sopravvissuto/a