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Synonyms for live
lɪv
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Princeton's WordNet
live, unrecorded(adj)
actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
"a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience"
Synonyms:
alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
taped, unreverberant, noncurrent, filmed, transcribed, inelastic, dull, nonresonant, out(p), dead, uncharged, unloaded, out of play(p), lifeless, extinct, recorded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, cannedlive(adj)
exerting force or containing energy
"live coals"; "tossed a live cigarette out the window"; "got a shock from a live wire"; "live ore is unmined ore"; "a live bomb"; "a live ball is one in play"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
prerecorded, extinct, canned, lifeless, transcribed, tape-recorded, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, uncharged, dull, nonresonant, filmed, inelastic, unreverberant, out of play(p), taped, dead, out(p)alive(p), live(adj)
possessing life
"the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"
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out(p), dull, noncurrent, nonresonant, dead, transcribed, tape-recorded, prerecorded, lifeless, inelastic, extinct, canned, filmed, out of play(p), unreverberant, uncharged, unloaded, taped, recordedlive(a)(adj)
highly reverberant
"a live concert hall"
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transcribed, inelastic, canned, dull, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, unloaded, out of play(p), nonresonant, uncharged, tape-recorded, filmed, dead, recorded, prerecorded, taped, unreverberant, out(p)live(adj)
charged with an explosive
"live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
out of play(p), taped, extinct, inelastic, out(p), prerecorded, tape-recorded, noncurrent, nonresonant, unloaded, filmed, canned, unreverberant, recorded, uncharged, lifeless, transcribed, dull, deadbouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy(adj)
elastic; rebounds readily
"clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
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spirited, hot, spanking, resilient, lively, full of life, alive(p), bouncy, snappy, vital, brisk, racy, rattling, peppy, merry, alive, unrecorded, zippy, bouncing, springy, live(a), alertAntonyms:
dead, dull, unreverberant, extinct, noncurrent, out(p), prerecorded, filmed, uncharged, tape-recorded, lifeless, out of play(p), nonresonant, recorded, canned, taped, unloaded, inelastic, transcribedlive(adj)
abounding with life and energy
"the club members are a really live bunch"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
extinct, tape-recorded, recorded, canned, transcribed, lifeless, prerecorded, nonresonant, inelastic, taped, dead, dull, noncurrent, unloaded, filmed, unreverberant, out(p), out of play(p), unchargedlive(adj)
in current use or ready for use
"live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
filmed, extinct, out(p), dull, uncharged, dead, inelastic, lifeless, tape-recorded, out of play(p), recorded, transcribed, unreverberant, prerecorded, unloaded, noncurrent, taped, nonresonant, cannedlive(adj)
of current relevance
"a live issue"; "still a live option"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilientAntonyms:
noncurrent, dead, out of play(p), filmed, nonresonant, lifeless, dull, inelastic, transcribed, out(p), unreverberant, extinct, recorded, uncharged, canned, taped, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recordedhot, live(adj)
charged or energized with electricity
"a hot wire"; "a live wire"
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alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, blistering, raging, springy, red-hot, unrecorded, spicy, lively, alive, resilientAntonyms:
unloaded, taped, transcribed, dead, extinct, out of play(p), tape-recorded, dull, inelastic, recorded, prerecorded, noncurrent, unreverberant, filmed, canned, lifeless, uncharged, nonresonant, out(p)alive, live(verb)
capable of erupting
"a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
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alive(p), active, live(a), bouncy, alive, springy, unrecorded, animated, hot, lively, awake(p), alert, resilientAntonyms:
unreverberant, lifeless, uncharged, canned, taped, tape-recorded, nonresonant, noncurrent, extinct, prerecorded, unloaded, dead, inelastic, recorded, dull, out of play(p), filmed, out(p), transcribedpopulate, dwell, live, inhabit(verb)
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
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go, exist, harp, hold out, populate, lie in, brood, be, experience, hold up, subsist, dwell, live on, lie, consist, endure, inhabit, survive, know, lastAntonyms:
lifeless, prerecorded, uncharged, out(p), filmed, extinct, taped, unreverberant, transcribed, canned, nonresonant, dead, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, out of play(p), dulllive(verb)
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style
"we had to live frugally after the war"
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live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabitAntonyms:
noncurrent, uncharged, out(p), prerecorded, taped, out of play(p), recorded, extinct, filmed, unreverberant, transcribed, lifeless, canned, tape-recorded, nonresonant, inelastic, unloaded, dull, deadsurvive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out(verb)
continue to live through hardship or adversity
"We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?"
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subsist, perish, give way, hold out, run, endure, lead, experience, give out, conk out, operate, travel, hold, function, die, sustain, stretch forth, last, go away, weather, prevail, go, brave out, rifle, defy, persist, run low, stick up, plump, digest, stomach, hold water, break, pass away, drop dead, withstand, stretch out, tolerate, abide, blend in, run short, get going, locomote, pull through, be, come through, cash in one's chips, kick the bucket, blend, stick out, brook, stand up, bear, fit, suffer, pull round, outlast, populate, inhabit, belong, dwell, give-up the ghost, go bad, survive, get, stand, expire, become, exist, live on, croak, move, choke, pop off, sound, make it, wear, extend, start, depart, decease, outlive, pass, proceed, break down, exit, conk, fail, buy the farm, detain, hold up, put out, know, brave, put up, exsert, snuff it, resist, support, die hard, stand firm, work, delayAntonyms:
inelastic, out(p), transcribed, dull, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, unreverberant, taped, canned, uncharged, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, recorded, nonresonant, filmed, dead, out of play(p)exist, survive, live, subsist(verb)
support oneself
"he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
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go, exist, hold out, populate, be, experience, hold up, outlive, dwell, live on, come through, pull round, pull through, outlast, endure, subsist, inhabit, survive, know, make it, lastAntonyms:
tape-recorded, extinct, taped, out of play(p), noncurrent, prerecorded, canned, filmed, dead, nonresonant, recorded, transcribed, uncharged, out(p), dull, unloaded, unreverberant, lifeless, inelasticbe, live(verb)
have life, be alive
"Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
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personify, exist, hold out, equal, populate, last, represent, comprise, be, experience, hold up, subsist, know, embody, dwell, cost, live on, make up, endure, inhabit, survive, go, follow, constituteAntonyms:
extinct, out of play(p), uncharged, unloaded, noncurrent, transcribed, canned, inelastic, taped, prerecorded, recorded, filmed, nonresonant, unreverberant, dead, lifeless, dull, out(p), tape-recordedknow, experience, live(verb)
have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
"I know the feeling!"; "have you ever known hunger?"; "I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict"; "The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare"; "I lived through two divorces"
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dwell, have intercourse, have a go at it, subsist, have sex, recognise, get, populate, bed, hold out, know, get laid, make love, endure, go through, bonk, have, acknowledge, cognise, survive, exist, love, last, inhabit, see, receive, be, sleep together, do it, go, eff, hold up, feel, lie with, make out, be intimate, recognize, jazz, sleep with, hump, experience, screw, have it off, have it away, get it on, cognize, bang, live on, roll in the hayAntonyms:
unreverberant, extinct, transcribed, noncurrent, unloaded, prerecorded, dull, dead, taped, uncharged, out(p), filmed, recorded, out of play(p), canned, inelastic, nonresonant, lifeless, tape-recordedlive(adverb)
pursue a positive and satisfying existence
"You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"
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live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabitAntonyms:
prerecorded, dead, taped, uncharged, extinct, out(p), lifeless, out of play(p), dull, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, noncurrent, filmed, canned, recorded, unreverberant, transcribed, nonresonantlive(adverb)
not recorded
"the opera was broadcast live"
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prerecorded, nonresonant, out(p), transcribed, extinct, out of play(p), unloaded, tape-recorded, taped, dull, dead, unreverberant, noncurrent, lifeless, recorded, canned, filmed, uncharged, inelastic
English Synonyms and Antonyms
live
To abide is to remain continuously without limit of time unless expressed by the context: "to-day I must abide at thy house," Luke xix, 5; "a settled place for thee to abide in forever," 1 Kings viii, 13; "Abide with me! fast falls the eventide,"
Lyte Hymn. Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home. Stop, in the sense of stay or sojourn, is colloquial, and not in approved use. Compare ENDURE; REST.Synonyms:
abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watchAntonyms:
abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shunPreposition:
Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Editors Contribution
biotic factor
biotic means living ,so living factor.
a plant is an example of an biotic factor.
Submitted by rinat on August 20, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
live(v. n.)
Synonyms:
exist, breathe, have being, have life, be alive, keep soul and body togetherlive(v. n.)
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remain, continue, endure, be permanentlive(v. n.)
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dwell, abide, reside, have lodgings, have one's quarters, be quarteredlive(v. n.)
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feed, subsist, be nourished, be supported, obtain a livelihoodlive(v. n.)
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enjoy life, be happylive(a.)
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
How to use live in a sentence?
We live up in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, and I don't think he's seen a vending machine before so he saw the Oreos, and some biscuits and a few other things.
You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.
I'm proud to be here, i'm proud representing not only all the Puerto Ricans that live in the island, but Puerto Ricans all around the world. We know what happened last year. It was a tough one.
Blade You better wake up. The world you live in is nothing but a sugarcoated topping There is another world beneath it. And if you want to survive it you better learn how to PULL THE TRIGGER
All would live long, but none would be old.
Translations for live
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- woon, oorleef, leefAfrikaans
- ينجو, عَاشَ, سَكَنَArabic
- yaşamaqAzerbaijani
- жывы́, жыцьBelarusian
- живѐяBulgarian
- bev, bevaBreton
- en viu, viu, viureCatalan, Valencian
- v přímém přenose, živý, živě, žít, bydletCzech
- житиOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- bywWelsh
- bo, overleve, leveDanish
- lebend, direkt, live, Live-, scharf, leben, überleben, wohnenGerman
- λάιβ, ηλεκτροφόρος, άσκαστος, άκαυστος, ρευματοφόρος, ζωντανός, ζωηρός, άκαυτος, ζωντανά, επιβιώνω, μένω, επιζώ, ζωGreek
- vivi, loĝiEsperanto
- en vivo, en directo, vivo, vivir, morarSpanish
- elamaEstonian
- زندگی کردن, زیستنPersian
- elävä, suora, kova, live-, asua, elää, selvitäFinnish
- liva, búgvaFaroese
- en direct, vivant, demeurer, vivre, habiterFrench
- libjeWestern Frisian
- beo, cónaigh, [[bí]] [[beo]], bí i do bheatha, mair, bí i do chónaíIrish
- beò, fuirich, mair, bi, còmhnaichScottish Gaelic
- vivirGalician
- bioManx
- חי, גָּרHebrew
- जीवित, सीधा प्रसारण, जीवंत, सजीव, निवास करना, जीना, रहनाHindi
- élő, lakik, élHungarian
- ապրե, կեամ, ապրելArmenian
- habitarInterlingua
- secara langsung, hidupIndonesian
- ꀀNuosu
- vivar, rezidarIdo
- beint, lifandi, búa, lifaIcelandic
- dal vivo, in diretta, vivo, live, vivere, abitareItalian
- ライブ, 生, 暮らす, 住む, 生きるJapanese
- ცხოვრება, სიცოცხლეGeorgian
- тұру, өмір сүруKazakh
- នៅKhmer
- 살다Korean
- zindî, ziyandar, jîndar, sax, ژیان, jiyan, jînKurdish
- жашоо, өмүр сүрүүKyrgyz
- vivo, habitoLatin
- wunnen, liewenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ທຽວສົງສານ, ຢູ່Lao
- gyventiLithuanian
- dzīvs, dzīvotLatvian
- живееMacedonian
- амьдрахMongolian
- langsungMalay
- għexMaltese
- နေ, အသက်ရှင်Burmese
- scherp, levend, live, rechtstreeks, leven, voortbestaan, verderleven, overleven, wonenDutch
- direkte, live, leve, boNorwegian
- viu, viureOccitan
- żywy, na żywo, przeżyć, mieszkać, żyć, przetrwaćPolish
- ao vivo, ativo, vivo, carregado, sobreviver, viver, morar, perseverarPortuguese
- kawsayQuechua
- viverRomansh
- viu, în direct, locui, supraviețui, a avea locuință, trăiRomanian
- живьём, живо́й, в [[прямой, лайв, прожива́ть, прожи́ть, жить, выжива́тьRussian
- जीवतिSanskrit
- bívere, campai, vívereSardinian
- eallitNorthern Sami
- жи̑в, у̏жӣво, ȕžīvo, žȋv, žívjeti, жи́вјети, žíveti, жи́ветиSerbo-Croatian
- ජීවත් වෙනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
- naživo, v priamom prenose, prežiť, žiť, bývať, zažiťSlovak
- v žívo, žív, živetiSlovene
- gjallë, jetojAlbanian
- dula, phelaSouthern Sotho
- levande, skarp, strömförande, leva, boSwedish
- ishiSwahili
- зиндагӣ карданTajik
- สด, อาศัย, มีชีวิต, อาศัยอยู่, อยู่Thai
- ýaşamakTurkmen
- mabuhay, manirahanTagalog
- canlı, yaşamakTurkish
- яшәргәTatar
- на́живо, прожива́ти, жи́ти, ме́шкатиUkrainian
- رہنا, جیناUrdu
- yashamoqUzbek
- ở, sống, trực tiếpVietnamese
- וווינעןYiddish
- 生活Chinese
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