survivor

Plural: survivors

Noun

• A person who remains alive after an event that others have not.
• one who lives through affliction
  • "the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
• one who outlives another
  • "he left his farm to his survivors"
• an animal that survives in spite of adversity
  • "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
• One who survives, especially one who survives a traumatic experience.
• A person who is able to endure hardship.
• One who knew a specific decedent.

Examples

• After a grueling 20-round game, only one true survivor remained at the Scrabble table.
• From this moment on, I choose to live not as a victim, but as a survivor.
• She was from a large family and had many friends, so the funeral was crowded with mourning survivors.

Synonyms

subsister, overliver, tough cookie, trooper