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Synonyms for living
ˈlɪv ɪŋliv·ing

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. livingnoun

    Antonyms:
    dead, nonliving

  2. livingnoun

    Having life.

    Antonyms:
    nonliving, dead

  3. livingadjective

    In use or existing.

    Hunanese is a living language.

    Antonyms:
    dead, nonliving

  4. livingnoun

    A style of life.

    These living conditions are deplorable.

    Antonyms:
    nonliving, dead

  5. livingadjective

    True to life.

    This is the living image of Fidel Castro.

    Antonyms:
    nonliving, dead

  6. livingadjective

    He almost beat the living daylights out of me.

    Antonyms:
    nonliving, dead

English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. living

    Alive applies to all degrees of life, from that which shows one to be barely existing or existent as a living thing, as when we say he is just alive, to that which implies the very utmost of vitality and power, as in the words "he is all alive," "thoroughly alive." So the word quick, which began by signifying "having life," is now mostly applied to energy of life as shown in swiftness of action. Breathing is capable of like contrast. We say of a dying man, he is still breathing; or we speak of a breathing statue, or "breathing and sounding, beauteous battle," Tennyson Princess can. v, l. 155, where it means having, or seeming to have, full and vigorous breath, abundant life. Compare ACTIVE; ALERT; NIMBLE.

    Synonyms:
    active, alert, alive, animate, animated, breathing, brisk, existent, existing, live, lively, quick, subsisting, vivacious

    Antonyms:
    dead, deceased, defunct, dispirited, dull, inanimate, lifeless, spiritless

    Preposition:
    Alive in every nerve; alive to every noble impulse; alive with fervor, hope, resolve; alive through all his being.

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. 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, life, bread and butter, sprightliness, life-time, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, sustenance, life history, aliveness, lifetime, biography, livelihood, life story

    Antonyms:
    dead, relative, comparative, nonextant, extinct, unrealistic

  2. livingnoun

    people who are still living

    "save your pity for the living"

    Synonyms:
    sustenance, aliveness, livelihood, support, life, keep, bread and butter, animation

    Antonyms:
    dead, extinct, nonextant, relative, unrealistic, comparative

  3. 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, life, bread and butter, vivification, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, invigoration, sustenance, life history, liveness, spiritedness, aliveness, lifetime, biography, vitality, livelihood, life story

    Antonyms:
    dead, nonextant, extinct, relative, comparative, unrealistic

  4. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenanceadjective

    the financial means whereby one lives

    "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

    Synonyms:
    support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, sustainment, backing, funding, nutrition, nutriment, financial support, keep, accompaniment, alimentation, reenforcement, victuals, life, bread and butter, hold, dungeon, musical accompaniment, maintenance, aliment, sustenance, animation, donjon, sustentation, upkeep, financial backing, documentation, nourishment, livelihood, aliveness

    Antonyms:
    dead, relative, nonextant, extinct, comparative, unrealistic

  5. livingadjective

    pertaining to living persons

    "within living memory"

    Synonyms:
    living(a), surviving

    Antonyms:
    dead, unrealistic, relative, extinct, nonextant, comparative

  6. livingadjective

    true to life; lifelike

    "the living image of her mother"

    Synonyms:
    living(a), surviving

    Antonyms:
    dead, extinct, comparative, relative, nonextant, unrealistic

  7. livingadjective

    (informal) absolute

    "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"

    Synonyms:
    living(a), surviving

    Antonyms:
    dead, nonextant, unrealistic, comparative, extinct, relative

  8. surviving, livingadjective

    still in existence

    "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"

    Synonyms:
    living(a), surviving

    Antonyms:
    dead, relative, unrealistic, extinct, nonextant, comparative

  9. livingadjective

    still in active use

    "a living language"

    Synonyms:
    living(a), surviving

    Antonyms:
    dead, unrealistic, nonextant, extinct, comparative, relative

  10. living(a)adjective

    (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried

    "carved into the living stone";

    Antonyms:
    dead, extinct, relative, comparative, nonextant, unrealistic

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Editors Contribution4.7 / 3 votes

  1. heliotropic

    sun-following

    the sun-seeking tourists reminded him of the heliotropic plants.

    Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. livingadjective

    Synonyms:
    existing, breathing, live, not dead

  2. livingadjective

    Synonyms:
    active, vigorous, lively

  3. livingnoun

    Synonyms:
    livelihood, maintenance, support, subsistence, keeping, FEED

  4. livingnoun

    Synonyms:
    benefice, ecclesiastical living

  5. livingnoun

    Synonyms:
    mode of life, course of life

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. livingadjective

    Synonyms:
    alive, quick, live, quickening, animating

  2. livingnoun

    Synonyms:
    life, existence, being, livelihood, sustenance, subsistence, maintenance, benefice

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How to use living in a sentence?

  1. Regina King:

    I discovered a young woman who just seems like Sarah Vaughn and Ella Fitzgerald are both living in her body, when I watch her and listen to her… her name is Samara Joy and it brings me joy.

  2. Andrew Gillum:

    What was most hurtful was this belief that I was somehow living a lie in my marriage and in my family. That was the most hurtful to me. Because I believe we are all entitled to mistakes, and I believe we are entitled to those mistakes without having every other respectable and redeeming part of our lives invalidated.

  3. Devin Lima:

    My son has passed away, his fiancée was living with him and let us know that he passed at 2:45 in the morning. He was struggling for 13 months since his cancer diagnosis. The family is not good.

  4. Socrates, Crito," (Plato):

    Living well and beautifully and justly are all one thing.

  5. Hawkesbury City Mayor Barry Calvert:

    We've been living with this fire for four months, we could never relax. For several weeks, we all had our bags packed ready to evacuate as the fire would move quickly in different directions depending on how the wind changed.


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