survivor B1 Topic:Safety & Risk US /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/ UK /səˈvaɪvə/ See IPA manual Freq #5588 Meanings 1 noun A person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster. The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital. 2 noun A person who comes through a very hard experience and keeps going. From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor. 3 noun A person who continues to live after another has died. In his will, he left the farm to his survivors. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a person who comes through... tough cookie More overliver Word family Forms survivors Derived forms non-survivornonsurvivorsurthriversurthrivorsurvivorship Common collocations shipwreck survivor Noun + noun survivor guilt Noun + noun Etymology AI details From survive + -or. Topics Safety & Risk External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # survivor **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /səˈvaɪvə/ **Frequency rank:** 5588 ## Meanings 1. A person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster. 2. A person who comes through a very hard experience and keeps going. 3. A person who continues to live after another has died. ## Examples - The survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital. - From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor. - In his will, he left the farm to his survivors. ## Synonyms - overliver ## Derived Forms - non-survivor - nonsurvivor - surthriver - surthrivor - survivorship ## Etymology From survive + -or. ## AI Etymology Survivor is from survive + -or. In present-day use, it can mean a person who stays alive through a dangerous event such as an accident or disaster, or a person who comes through a very hard experience and keeps going. Derived formations include non-survivor, nonsurvivor, surthriver, surthrivor, survivorship. ## Topics - Safety & Risk markdown