Living

[n] the experience of living; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
[n] people who are still living; "save your pity for the living"
[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[adj] (intensifier) "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
[adj] having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue"; "living plants and animals"
[adj] still in active use; "a living language"
[adj] 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"
[adj] true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother"
[adj] pertaining to living persons; "within living memory"
[adj] dwelling or inhabiting; often used in combination; "living quarters"; "tree-living animals"

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Synonyms

absolute, alive(p), aliveness, animation, bread and butter, extant, keep, life, life, live, livelihood, realistic, support, surviving, sustenance

Antonyms

dead

Related Terms

abiding, ablaze, abode, aboveground, active, acute, advowson, afire, aflame, aflicker, aggressive, aglow, alight, alimony, alive, alive and kicking, among the living, animal spirits, animate, animate existence, animated, animation, ardent, around, being,