SURVIVAL: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SURVIVAL?

Need another word that means the same as “survival”? Find 8 synonyms and 30 related words for “survival” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Survival” are: natural selection, selection, survival of the fittest, endurance, actuality, being, reality, fact

Survival as a Noun

Definitions of "Survival" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “survival” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.
• The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances.
• Something that survives.
• An object or practice that has continued to exist from an earlier time.
• A state of surviving; remaining alive.

Synonyms of "Survival" as a noun (8 Words)

actuality	The state of actually existing objectively. The building looked as impressive in actuality as it did in magazines.
being	Being alive living. A point of view gradually coming into being.
endurance	The ability to endure an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way. The marathon tests a runner s endurance.
fact	The truth about events as opposed to interpretation. A body of fact.
natural selection	A notation cancelling a previous sharp or flat.
reality	Relating to reality TV. He refuses to face reality.
selection	A plot of land acquired by selection. Blocks ranging in area from 158 to 3 102 acres have been thrown open for selection.
survival of the fittest	A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.

Usage Examples of "Survival" as a noun

• The animal's chances of survival were pretty low.
• He was fighting for his political survival.
• His shorts were a survival from his army days.

Associations of "Survival" (30 Words)

baby	Treat someone as a baby pamper or be overprotective towards. It was great to feel my baby moving about inside.
bear	Take on as one’s own the expenses or debts of another person. Bear a heavy load.
beset	Annoy continually or chronically. The social problems that beset the UK.
bide	Dwell. How long must I bide here to wait for the answer.
breeding	The production of animals or plants by inbreeding or hybridization. The flooding of the rivers is a trigger for breeding to start.
disaster	An event or fact that has unfortunate consequences. His policies were a disaster.
emulate	Imitate the function of (another system), as by modifying the hardware or the software. Most rulers wished to emulate Alexander the Great.
endurance	The power to withstand hardship or stress. The annual 24 hour endurance race.
existence	A way of living. Our stressed out urban existence.
facsimile	Send something via a facsimile machine. The ride was facsimiled for another theme park.
feeding	The act of consuming food.
growth	Something that has grown or is growing. Keeping a journal can be a vital step in our personal growth.
imitate	Copy (a person’s speech or mannerisms), especially for comic effect. Synthetic fabrics can now imitate everything from silk to rubber.
livelihood	A means of securing the necessities of life. He could no longer earn his own livelihood.
rearing	Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile.
replica	An exact copy or model of something, especially one on a smaller scale. It is a replica of an antique plaque.
replicate	Reproduce or make an exact copy of. Five replicates were performed per dilution.
reproduce	Be copied with a specified degree of success. An individual needs to avoid being eaten until it has reproduced.
reproduction	The process of generating offspring. Gutenberg s reproduction of holy texts was far more efficient.
resemble	Appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to. Some people resemble their dogs.
subsist	Provide sustenance for. The problem of subsisting the poor in a period of high bread prices.
subsistence	The means of maintaining or supporting oneself. Social security provided only a bare subsistence.
suffering	Psychological suffering. Suffering refugees.
survive	Live longer than. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America.
sustain	An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released. We sustained ourselves on bread and water.
triplicate	Existing in three copies or examples. Titles which have been sparingly ordered can be later duplicated or triplicated.
upkeep	Activity involved in maintaining something in good working order. Payments for the children s upkeep.
vegetal	Relating to that pole of the ovum or embryo that contains the less active cytoplasm, and frequently most of the yolk, in the early stages of development. A vegetal aroma.
vegetative	Characterized by asexual processes. A vegetative replicating phase.
withstand	Resist or confront with resistance. The structure had been designed to withstand winds of more than 100 mph.