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- pronunciation:
- s
 r
vaI
vr
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
A survivor is a person who does not die even if something very dangerous has happened. Other people may have been killed, but they were not.
Twenty people died when the boat sank, and there were only three survivors.A helicopter arrived to pick up the survivors of the avalanche. |
The word survivor
contains the following parts:
super-, supra-, sur-2
Latin
prefix
that means above, over
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- hyper-
- antonyms:
- sub-, hyp-, hypo-
viv, vivi, vit
Latin
root
that means life, living, live
Example words:
-er, -or, -ar2
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means a person or thing that does
More about this word part:
The suffix group -er
, -or
, -ar2 turns verbs into agent nouns.
Example words:
actor, administrator, builder, batter3, beggar, broiler, burglar, captor, carrier, censor, cleaner, commissioner, computer, consumer, container, dancer, diner, director, doctor, driver, employer, farmer, freezer, liar, manager, motor, painter1, pitcher2, player, potter, preacher, razor, refrigerator, reporter, runner, sailor, sculptor, seller, singer, speaker, survivor, teacher, tractor, user, vendor, washer, worker, writer
- synonyms:
- -ist, -ite2, -ator, -an, -ian, -ean
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