sur·vi·vor

/sɚˈvaıvɚ/ noun, pl -vors [count]

1 a : a person who continues to live after an accident, illness, war, etc.

She interviewed survivors of the flood.

a Holocaust/cancer survivor

The plane crashed and there were no survivors.

There was only one survivor of the accident.

1 b : a member of a group who continues to live after other members have died

Most of the people I went to school with are gone now. I'm one of the few survivors.

1 c : a family member who remains alive after another person's death

He died without any survivors.

2 : someone or something that continues to exist, function, compete, etc.

The survivors of the first round of competition will be meeting today in the second round.

This newspaper is the only survivor of six newspapers that were founded in the city in the 19th century.

3 : someone who is able to keep living or succeeding despite a lot of problems

There's no question about it–Aunt Annie's a survivor.