· a state of surviving; remaining alive
Synonym(s): endurance
Hypernym(s): animation, life, living, aliveness
· a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Synonym(s): survival_of_the_fittest, natural_selection, selection
Hypernym(s): natural_process, natural_action, action, activity
· something that survives
Hypernym(s): continuance, continuation