survivingadjective [ before noun ]
uk/səˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/us/sɚˈvaɪ.vɪŋ/continuing to live or exist:
The rhinoceros is one of the world's oldest surviving species.
Her estate was divided between her three surviving children (= those who continued to live after her death).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Life and living
- alive
- animate
- borrow
- cheat
- cheat death idiom
- co-exist
- hold
- immortal
- inanimate
- last
- last out
- lead 1
- life cycle
- life expectancy
- live out sth
- living
- longevity
- outlive
- subsist
- subsistence
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