survivor
noun [C] /səˈvaɪ.vər/
/sɚˈvaɪ.vɚ/ Definition
B2 a person who continues to live, despite nearly dying: He was the sole (= only) survivor of the plane crash. She's a cancer survivor/a survivor of cancer.Life and living › a person who is able to continue living their life successfully despite experiencing difficulties: He's one of life's survivors.Experiencing and sufferingLife and living › US A person's survivors are the members of his or her family who continue to live after he or she has died.Inheriting and bequeathing
(Definition of survivor noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- (straight) from the horse's mouth idiom
- afflict verb
- affliction noun
- almost/nearly die of sth idiom
- be a victim of your own success idiom
- be at/on the receiving end idiom
- cursed adjective (HAVING BAD LUCK)
- depth noun (STRENGTH)
- eaten up with/by sth idiom
- experience verb
- exposure noun (EXPERIENCE)
- fall prey/victim to sth/sb idiom
- firsthand adverb
- nurse verb (FEEL EMOTION)
- practical adjective (EXPERIENCE)
- stricken adjective
- survive verb
- take/have a knock idiom
- temporal adjective
- victim noun
Topic:
Experiencing and suffering
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