survive

(v) continue to live through hardship or adversity
- 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?
live on, last, endure, live, hold out, hold up, go,
(v) continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
- He survived the cancer against all odds
make it, pull round, pull through, come through,
(v) 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
subsist, exist, live,
(v) live longer than
- She outlived her husband by many years
outlast, outlive,

live on last endure live hold out hold up go make it pull round pull through come through subsist exist outlast outlive

succumb yield