Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

survivor

/sɚˈvaɪvɚ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English

Syllables: sur-vivor
IPA: /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.

noun

A person who is able to endure hardship.

noun

One who knew a specific decedent.

Example Sentences

"From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor."
"Believing that requires trust, and trust is understandably a tough issue for those of us who are survivors."
"I'm a survivor. We're a dying breed."
"She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors."
"They left no immediate survivors."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Latin supervīvereder. English survive English -or English survivor From survive + -or.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/
British English: /səˈvaɪvə/

Inflected Forms

survivors (plural) surviver (alternative, obsolete) survivour (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

nonsurvivor previvor surthriver surthrivor survivorship

Phrases

adult survivor designated survivor last survivor non-survivor sole survivor survivor bias survivor guilt survivor syndrome

Synonyms

trooper tough cookie overliver subsister

Rhymes With

driver diver ivor iver shriver macgyver siver niver skiver schriver scriver schryver

Questions

How do you pronounce survivor?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/.
What does survivor mean?: One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
Where does survivor come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Latin supervīvereder. English survive English -or English survivor From survive + -or.

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