survivor

Other forms of survivor

plural

survivors·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about survivor

What does survivor mean?

survivor means "one who lives through affliction". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in survivor?

survivor has 3 syllables: sur-vi-vor. The stress falls on "vi". In IPA it is /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/.

What is another word for survivor?

Close synonyms include subsister. 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.

Is survivor a common word?

survivor is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.