Synonyms for live
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1. 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, resilient

   Antonyms:
   taped, unreverberant, noncurrent, filmed, transcribed, inelastic, dull, nonresonant, out(p), dead, uncharged, unloaded, out of play(p), lifeless, extinct, recorded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, canned

2. live(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"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilient

   Antonyms:
   prerecorded, extinct, canned, lifeless, transcribed, tape-recorded, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, uncharged, dull, nonresonant, filmed, inelastic, unreverberant, out of play(p), taped, dead, out(p)

3. 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"

   Antonyms:
   out(p), dull, noncurrent, nonresonant, dead, transcribed, tape-recorded, prerecorded, lifeless, inelastic, extinct, canned, filmed, out of play(p), unreverberant, uncharged, unloaded, taped, recorded

4. live(a)(adj)

   highly reverberant

   "a live concert hall"

   Antonyms:
   transcribed, inelastic, canned, dull, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, unloaded, out of play(p), nonresonant, uncharged, tape-recorded, filmed, dead, recorded, prerecorded, taped, unreverberant, out(p)

5. live(adj)

   charged with an explosive

   "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilient

   Antonyms:
   out of play(p), taped, extinct, inelastic, out(p), prerecorded, tape-recorded, noncurrent, nonresonant, unloaded, filmed, canned, unreverberant, recorded, uncharged, lifeless, transcribed, dull, dead

6. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy(adj)

   elastic; rebounds readily

   "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

   Synonyms:
   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), alert

   Antonyms:
   dead, dull, unreverberant, extinct, noncurrent, out(p), prerecorded, filmed, uncharged, tape-recorded, lifeless, out of play(p), nonresonant, recorded, canned, taped, unloaded, inelastic, transcribed

7. live(adj)

   abounding with life and energy

   "the club members are a really live bunch"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilient

   Antonyms:
   extinct, tape-recorded, recorded, canned, transcribed, lifeless, prerecorded, nonresonant, inelastic, taped, dead, dull, noncurrent, unloaded, filmed, unreverberant, out(p), out of play(p), uncharged

8. live(adj)

   in current use or ready for use

   "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilient

   Antonyms:
   filmed, extinct, out(p), dull, uncharged, dead, inelastic, lifeless, tape-recorded, out of play(p), recorded, transcribed, unreverberant, prerecorded, unloaded, noncurrent, taped, nonresonant, canned

9. live(adj)

   of current relevance

   "a live issue"; "still a live option"

   Synonyms:
   alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, springy, unrecorded, alive, lively, resilient

   Antonyms:
   noncurrent, dead, out of play(p), filmed, nonresonant, lifeless, dull, inelastic, transcribed, out(p), unreverberant, extinct, recorded, uncharged, canned, taped, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recorded

10. hot, live(adj)

    charged or energized with electricity

    "a hot wire"; "a live wire"

    Synonyms:
    alive(p), hot, live(a), bouncy, blistering, raging, springy, red-hot, unrecorded, spicy, lively, alive, resilient

    Antonyms:
    unloaded, taped, transcribed, dead, extinct, out of play(p), tape-recorded, dull, inelastic, recorded, prerecorded, noncurrent, unreverberant, filmed, canned, lifeless, uncharged, nonresonant, out(p)

11. alive, live(verb)

    capable of erupting

    "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"

    Synonyms:
    alive(p), active, live(a), bouncy, alive, springy, unrecorded, animated, hot, lively, awake(p), alert, resilient

    Antonyms:
    unreverberant, lifeless, uncharged, canned, taped, tape-recorded, nonresonant, noncurrent, extinct, prerecorded, unloaded, dead, inelastic, recorded, dull, out of play(p), filmed, out(p), transcribed

12. populate, 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"

    Synonyms:
    go, exist, harp, hold out, populate, lie in, brood, be, experience, hold up, subsist, dwell, live on, lie, consist, endure, inhabit, survive, know, last

    Antonyms:
    lifeless, prerecorded, uncharged, out(p), filmed, extinct, taped, unreverberant, transcribed, canned, nonresonant, dead, noncurrent, recorded, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, out of play(p), dull

13. live(verb)

    lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style

    "we had to live frugally after the war"

    Synonyms:
    live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabit

    Antonyms:
    noncurrent, uncharged, out(p), prerecorded, taped, out of play(p), recorded, extinct, filmed, unreverberant, transcribed, lifeless, canned, tape-recorded, nonresonant, inelastic, unloaded, dull, dead

14. survive, 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?"

    Synonyms:
    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, delay

    Antonyms:
    inelastic, out(p), transcribed, dull, unloaded, prerecorded, tape-recorded, unreverberant, taped, canned, uncharged, extinct, lifeless, noncurrent, recorded, nonresonant, filmed, dead, out of play(p)

15. 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"

    Synonyms:
    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, last

    Antonyms:
    tape-recorded, extinct, taped, out of play(p), noncurrent, prerecorded, canned, filmed, dead, nonresonant, recorded, transcribed, uncharged, out(p), dull, unloaded, unreverberant, lifeless, inelastic

16. be, live(verb)

    have life, be alive

    "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

    Synonyms:
    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, constitute

    Antonyms:
    extinct, out of play(p), uncharged, unloaded, noncurrent, transcribed, canned, inelastic, taped, prerecorded, recorded, filmed, nonresonant, unreverberant, dead, lifeless, dull, out(p), tape-recorded

17. know, 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"

    Synonyms:
    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 hay

    Antonyms:
    unreverberant, extinct, transcribed, noncurrent, unloaded, prerecorded, dull, dead, taped, uncharged, out(p), filmed, recorded, out of play(p), canned, inelastic, nonresonant, lifeless, tape-recorded

18. live(adverb)

    pursue a positive and satisfying existence

    "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"

    Synonyms:
    live on, last, know, hold up, dwell, survive, endure, subsist, hold out, go, populate, be, experience, exist, inhabit

    Antonyms:
    prerecorded, dead, taped, uncharged, extinct, out(p), lifeless, out of play(p), dull, unloaded, inelastic, tape-recorded, noncurrent, filmed, canned, recorded, unreverberant, transcribed, nonresonant

19. live(adverb)

    not recorded

    "the opera was broadcast live"

    Antonyms:
    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(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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, watch

   Antonyms:
   abandon, avoid, depart, forfeit, forfend, journey, migrate, move, proceed, reject, resist, shun

   Preposition:
   Abide in a place, for a time, with a person, by a statement.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. live(v)

   Synonyms:
   vegetate, grow, survive, continue, abide, dwell, last, subsist, behave, act, breathe, exist

   Antonyms:
   die, perish, wither, demise, migrate, vanish, fade, fail, languish, depart, drop, decease

2. live(a)

   Synonyms:
   animate

   Antonyms:
   inanimate, defunct

Editors Contribution(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. live(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   exist, breathe, have being, have life, be alive, keep soul and body together

2. live(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   remain, continue, endure, be permanent

3. live(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   dwell, abide, reside, have lodgings, have one's quarters, be quartered

4. live(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   feed, subsist, be nourished, be supported, obtain a livelihood

5. live(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   enjoy life, be happy

6. live(a.)

   Synonyms:
   LIVING, alive, not dead

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. live(a)

   Synonyms:
   alive, quick, animate, living

2. live(v)

   Synonyms:
   exist, dwell, reside, abide

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. List of paraphrases:

   living, alive, vis, reside, iive, life, born, on-line, lived, vivo, births, vivre, inhabit, direct, survive, viva, leben, vive, loud, llve, elab, online, lives, lift, over-the-air, iiving, lively

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How to use live in a sentence?

1. Rob Portman:

   I’m glad he clarified his comments live. I wish he said it in front of President Putin and the world [on Monday].

2. Meedya Raqqa:

   I lost my best friend eight months ago. She killed herself to save her friends and the injured around her, these are the difficult moments that we live, but I told you we gain strength from these martyrs. They are difficult moments that make you do more to avenge their death to make her dreams come true. The road she began, you finish.

3. Marcus Aurelius:

   As if you had died and your life had extended only to this present moment, use the surplus that is left to you to live from this time onward according to nature.

4. David Carrasco:

   What they're doing is they're communicating with those levels of the environment that they live in because they know that they've been given the gift of life.

5. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich.

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