survivor

nouns

one who lives through affliction
"the survivors of the fire were taken to a hospital"
subsister, survivor
is derived from
survive
one who outlives another
"he left his farm to his survivors"
survivor
is derived from
survive
is a type of (narrower)
a human being
"there was too much for one person to do"
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
an animal that survives in spite of adversity
"only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"
survivor
is a type of (narrower)
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna