Definition of survives

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• survives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
• survives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
• survives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 17

Definition of survives

• live longer than (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. outlast
  2. outlive
• support oneself (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. exist
  2. live
  3. subsist
• continue to live and avoid dying (verb)

  Examples

  1. These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America

  Synonyms

  1. endure
  2. go
  3. hold out
  4. hold up
  5. last
  6. live
  7. live on
• continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) (verb)

  Examples

  1. He survived the cancer against all odds

  Synonyms

  1. come through
  2. make it
  3. pull round
  4. pull through

See definition of survives in Merriam Webster