# survivor

Pronunciation: US say "sur-VY-vur" /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/; UK say "suh-VY-vuh" /səˈvaɪvə/

## Noun

1. A person who remains alive after a dangerous or traumatic event that others did not live through.
   - Simple: A person who lives through something very dangerous or very hard.
   - _The earthquake survivor described being trapped beneath rubble for two days._
   - _Counselors worked with survivors to help them process the trauma._
2. A person with the resilience to endure repeated hardship and keep going despite serious setbacks.
   - Simple: A person who keeps going through hard times and does not give up.
   - _Decades of setbacks never broke him; he remained a survivor to the very end._
   - _The team called her a survivor for rebuilding the business after each collapse._
3. A person connected to a particular deceased individual, typically a relative who outlived them.
   - Simple: A family member or close friend of someone who has died.
   - _The obituary listed her survivors, including two daughters and a brother._
   - _As the closest survivor, he inherited the family home._

## Origin

Formed from the verb survive combined with the suffix -or.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/survivor (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).