Survival

//sɚˈvaɪ.vəl//

Synonyms for "survival" (105 found)

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Closest matches (21)

Strong matches (32)

Related words (52)

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9 relation types

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capable of

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derived

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derived from

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has context

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has prerequisite

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has property

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is a

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related to

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Translations

65 translations across 42 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • mbijetesë noun (continued existence or life)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • выжыва́нне noun (continued existence or life)
  • выжыва́ньне noun (continued existence or life)
  • перажы́так noun (persistent custom or belief)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • отживе́лица noun (persistent custom or belief)
  • оцеляване noun (continued existence or life)
  • преживя́ване noun (continued existence or life)

Catalan

1 entries
  • supervivència noun (continued existence or life)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 生存 noun (continued existence or life)

Czech

1 entries
  • přežití noun (continued existence or life)

Danish

1 entries
  • overlevelse noun (continued existence or life)

Dutch

2 entries
  • overleven noun (continued existence or life)
  • overleving noun (continued existence or life)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • transvivo noun (continued existence or life)

Finnish

2 entries
  • eloonjääminen noun (continued existence or life)
  • selviytyminen noun (continued existence or life)

French

1 entries
  • survie noun (continued existence or life)

Friulian

1 entries
  • sorevivence noun (continued existence or life)

Galician

1 entries
  • supervivencia noun (continued existence or life)

German

4 entries
  • Relikt noun (persistent custom or belief)
  • Überbleibsel noun (persistent custom or belief)
  • Überleben noun (continued existence or life)
  • Überlebsel noun (persistent custom or belief)

Greek

1 entries
  • επιβίωση noun (continued existence or life)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • túlélés noun (continued existence or life)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kesintasan noun (continued existence or life)
  • tahan hidup noun (continued existence or life)

Irish

1 entries
  • maireachtáil noun (continued existence or life)

Italian

1 entries
  • sopravvivenza noun (continued existence or life)

Japanese

4 entries
  • サバイバル noun (continued existence or life)
  • 残存 noun (persistent custom or belief)
  • 生存 noun (continued existence or life)
  • 遺物 noun (persistent custom or belief)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ការរស់រានមានជីវិត noun (continued existence or life)

Korean

1 entries
  • 생존 noun (continued existence or life)

Latvian

1 entries
  • izdzīvošana noun (continued existence or life)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • sopravivénsa noun (continued existence or life)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • išlikimas noun (continued existence or life)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • опстанок noun (continued existence or life)

Malay

2 entries
  • ikhtiar hidup noun (continued existence or life)
  • peninggalan noun (persistent custom or belief)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • overlevelse noun (continued existence or life)

Occitan

1 entries
  • subrevida noun (continued existence or life)

Polish

2 entries
  • przetrwanie noun (continued existence or life)
  • przeżycie noun (continued existence or life)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • sobrevivência noun (continued existence or life)

Romanian

1 entries
  • supraviețuire noun (continued existence or life)

Russian

2 entries
  • выжива́ние noun (continued existence or life)
  • пережи́ток noun (persistent custom or belief)

Slovak

1 entries
  • prežitie noun (continued existence or life)

Spanish

3 entries
  • pervivencia noun (continued existence or life)
  • sobrevivencia noun (continued existence or life)
  • supervivencia noun (continued existence or life)

Swahili

2 entries
  • kuishi noun (continued existence or life)
  • kusalimika noun (continued existence or life)

Swedish

1 entries
  • överlevnad noun (continued existence or life)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • lighay noun (continued existence or life)

Turkish

1 entries
  • hayatta kalma noun (continued existence or life)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • вижива́ння noun (continued existence or life)
  • пере́житок noun (persistent custom or belief)
  • пережи́ток noun (persistent custom or belief)

Walloon

1 entries
  • sorvicaedje noun (continued existence or life)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • איבערלעבונג noun (continued existence or life)
  • קיום noun (continued existence or life)

Sample sentences

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The company is struggling for survival.

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I gave up all hope of survival.

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This is an example of the survival of the fittest, as it is called.

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We have learned much about survival from lower forms of animal life.

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