survive in WordNet English dictionary

1. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)
   "He survived the cancer against all odds"
   survive  pull through  pull round  come through  make it 
   
2. 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?"
   survive  last  live  live on  go  endure  hold up  hold out 
   
3. 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"
   exist  survive  live  subsist 
   
4. live longer than
   "She outlived her husband by many years"
   outlive  outlast  survive