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Synonyms for life
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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    existence, experience

    Antonyms:
    void

  2. lifenoun

    Antonyms:
    death

  3. lifenoun

    Antonyms:
    coma

  4. lifenoun

    The world in general; existence.

    Man's life on this planet has been marked by continual conflict.

    Synonyms:
    time

English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. life

    Behavior is our action in the presence of others; conduct includes also that which is known only to ourselves and our Maker. Carriage expresses simply the manner of holding the body, especially in sitting or walking, as when it is said of a lady "she has a fine carriage." Bearing refers to the bodily expression of feeling or disposition; as, a haughty bearing; a noble bearing. Demeanor is the bodily expression, not only of feelings, but of moral states; as, a devout demeanor. Breeding, unless with some adverse limitation, denotes that manner and conduct which result from good birth and training. Deportment is behavior as related to a set of rules; as, the pupil's deportment was faultless. A person's manner may be that of a moment, or toward a single person; his manners are his habitual style of behavior toward or before others, especially in matters of etiquette and politeness; as, good manners are always pleasing.

    Synonyms:
    action, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, conduct, demeanor, deportment, manner, manners

    Preposition:
    The behavior of the pastor to or toward his people, on or upon the streets, before the multitude, or in the church, with the godly, or with the worldly, was alike faultless.

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 2 votes

  1. lifenoun

    a characteristic state or mode of living

    "social life"; "city life"; "real life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  2. life, livingnoun

    the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

    "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"

    Synonyms:
    liveliness, animation, keep, support, bread and butter, sprightliness, life-time, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, sustenance, life history, aliveness, living, lifetime, biography, livelihood, life story

  3. lifenoun

    the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

    "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  4. animation, life, living, alivenessnoun

    the condition of living or the state of being alive

    "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"

    Synonyms:
    brio, liveliness, animateness, animation, life-time, keep, support, bread and butter, vivification, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, invigoration, sustenance, life history, liveness, spiritedness, aliveness, living, lifetime, biography, vitality, livelihood, life story

  5. life, lifetime, life-time, lifespannoun

    the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

    "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  6. lifenoun

    the period between birth and the present time

    "I have known him all his life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  7. lifenoun

    the period from the present until death

    "he appointed himself emperor for life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  8. lifenoun

    a living person

    "his heroism saved a life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  9. liveliness, life, spirit, sprightlinessnoun

    animation and energy in action or expression

    "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"

    Synonyms:
    liveliness, smell, flavour, disembodied spirit, animation, life-time, purport, feeling, flavor, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, feel, emotional state, life history, look, aliveness, intent, living, lifetime, biography, tone, heart, life story

  10. lifenoun

    living things collectively

    "the oceans are teeming with life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  11. lifenoun

    the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

    "there is no life on the moon"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  12. biography, life, life story, life historynoun

    an account of the series of events making up a person's life

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, spirit, life story, life history, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, career, aliveness, animation

  13. lifenoun

    a motive for living

    "pottery was his life"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animation

  14. life sentence, lifenoun

    a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

    "he got life for killing the guard"

    Synonyms:
    sprightliness, liveliness, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, life sentence, living, life history, aliveness, animation

Editors Contribution3.5 / 2 votes

  1. mortal coil

    the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

    to "shuffle off this mortal coil" is to die, as in the "to be, or not to be" soliloquy in shakespeare's hamlet.

    Submitted by anonymous on January 26, 2020  
  2. dysthanasia

    Submitted by anonymous on February 7, 2020  
  3. the worldnoun

    the world and life can be understood as the same because they can be used in exchangeable sentences

    the world is unfair

    Submitted by chaimgoldman325 on November 21, 2022  
  4. zindagi

    zindagi is a urdu word which means precious things like life. however, it is also a nickname of so many people.

    1) my parents is my "life".. (zindagi) 2) my girlfriend is my life... (zindagi)

    Submitted by anonymous on December 3, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes3.0 / 1 vote

  1. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    vitality, the vital spark, the breath of life, the breath of one's nostrils

  2. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    time from birth to death

  3. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    animated existence

  4. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    mode or course of living

  5. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    conduct, deportment, behavior

  6. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    animation, vigor, spirit, vivacity, briskness, sprightliness, activity

  7. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    biography, memoir

  8. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    real person, living form

  9. lifenoun

    Synonyms:
    society, social manners, human affairs, course of things

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD1.0 / 1 vote

  1. LIFE

    Synonyms:
    Cardiology (1) LIving with heart FailurE questionnaire (2) Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension trial Nutrition Lifestyle Intervention, Food and Exercise program

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How to use life in a sentence?

  1. Vincent Zhou:

    I can just say I'm proud to have competed clean my entire life, it definitely is a pretty shocking and, you know, scary situation we have going on here where the ladies — I would understand completely if the ladies didn't exactly trust the integrity of the competition and the fairness of everything.

  2. Hubert H. Humphrey:

    It was once said that the moral test of Government is how that Government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.

  3. RJ Intindola:

    No one has gone through life without acquiring scars and bruises. These wounds are hidden inside us and only we can feel. They are badges of our day-to-day struggle to learn and survive.

  4. Bhava Ram:

    The science of yoga saved my life, and I’ve seen it save many other lives, no matter how dark and hopeless it might feel for someone, there is a pathway forward towards stability and empowerment … toward creating a new and more meaningful identity and mission in life.

  5. Hillary Clinton:

    I have had a few hard times in my own life and I doubt there is anybody who hasn't had their share, but I learned from my mom and my faith that it is not whether you get knocked down it is whether you get back up.


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