'Survival' definitions:
Definition of 'survival'
From: WordNet
noun
A state of surviving; remaining alive [syn: survival, endurance]
noun
A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: survival, survival of the fittest, natural selection, selection]
noun
Something that survives
Definition of 'Survival'
From: GCIDE
- Survival \Sur*viv"al\, n. [From Survive.]
- 1. A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arhaeol. & Ethnol.) Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known. [1913 Webster]
- The close bearing of the doctrine of survival on the study of manners and customs. --Tylor. [1913 Webster]
- Survival of the fittest. (Biol.) See Natural selection, under Natural. [1913 Webster] Survivance
Synonyms of 'survival'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abidingness,
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- age,
- ancient manuscript,
- antique,
- antiquity,
- archaism,
- artifact,
- balance,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- cave painting,
- chaff,
- constancy,
- continuance,
- debris,
- defeat of time,
- defiance of time,
- detritus,
- diuturnity,
- durability,
- durableness,
- duration,
- end,
- endurance,
- eolith,
- fag end,
- filings,
- fossil,
- holdover,
- husks,
- lastingness,
- leavings,
- leftovers,
- long standing,
- long-lastingness,
- long-livedness,
- longevity,
- maintenance,
- mezzolith,
- microlith,
- neolith,
- odds and ends,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- paleolith,
- parings,
- perdurability,
- perennation,
- permanence,
- perpetuity,
- persistence,
- petrification,
- petrified forest,
- petrified wood,
- petroglyph,
- plateaulith,
- rags,
- refuse,
- relic,
- relics,
- reliquiae,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- rubbish,
- ruin,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sawdust,
- scourings,
- scraps,
- shadow,
- shavings,
- stability,
- standing,
- steadfastness,
- straw,
- stubble,
- stump,
- survivance,
- sweepings,
- trace,
- vestige,
- waste