survival of the fittest

1. 1.

   a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment

   Synonymssurvivalnatural selectionselection

   Broadernatural process

Questions about survival of the fittest

What does survival of the fittest mean?

survival of the fittest means "a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment".

What is another word for survival of the fittest?

Close synonyms include survival, natural selection, selection. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.