survives

1. continue to live through hardship or adversityExamples: "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive

2. continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.)Examples: "He survived the cancer against all odds"Synonyms: come through, make it, pull round, pull through, surviveAntonyms: succumb

3. support oneselfExamples: "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"Synonyms: exist, live, subsist, survive

4. live longer thanExamples: "She outlived her husband by many years"Synonyms: outlast, outlive, survive