outlive
Verb
Verb Forms: outlived, outliving, outlives
- To continue to live longer than another person or thing.
- live longer than
- "She outlived her husband by many years"
- To live longer than; continue to live after the death of; overlive; survive.
- To live through or past (a given time).
- To surpass in duration; outlast.
- To live longer; continue to live.
Examples
- His carefully chosen tiles would OUTLIVE his opponent’s flimsy vowel-heavy plays.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English outliven, equivalent to out- + live.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 10
outlive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordoutlive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
outlive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 13
outlive: valid Words With Friends Word