survivor

B1 Topic:People & Society

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

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Phrases (2)

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Proverbs (1)

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History is written by the winners
Matching variant: History is written by the survivors

Etymology

From survive + -or.

Topics

People & Society

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# 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
- People & Society

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