Added 9 October 2026 survivorship noun Categories: Rare Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about survivorship at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The state of being a survivor. The number or percentage of young that survive to adulthood. A right whereby a person becomes entitled to property by reason of his having survived another person who had an interest in it. It is one of the elements of a joint tenancy. Related Words: survivalsurvivorsurvivabilitypersistencerelicresiduallife-savingself-preservationlivelihoodlife-supportlifelinelife-sustaining Back to today's word