survivor

simple noun24 collocationsAvg. frequency: 7.4

A person who has had cancer and is still alive.

A person who survived the Holocaust during World War II.

A person who has had a stroke and is still alive.

A person who has lived through a sexual assault.

A person who has survived a vehicle crash (e.g., plane, car).

Emphasizes that no one else survived.

A person who has survived a tsunami.

Similar to 'the only survivor', emphasizing singularity.

Refers to the final person remaining from an event.

Refers to the survivor(s) who are still left.

A person who has survived a ship sinking.

Indicates that surviving the event was uncommon.

To be a person who has survived something.

To save a survivor from a dangerous situation.

A more formal or intensive way of saying 'look for'.

To search for people who may have survived.

To discover a survivor, often after a search.

To provide general assistance to survivors.

To provide medical care to survivors.

Often used in the negative, e.g., 'the crash left no survivors'.

To collect a survivor, often by a vehicle (e.g., boat, helicopter).

To ask a survivor questions about their experience.

A feeling of guilt experienced by those who have survived a traumatic event when others did not. (psychology)

Used to indicate the specific event or place someone survived.