Synonyms for living
ˈlɪv ɪŋliv·ing

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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

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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.

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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 ContributionRate these synonyms:4.7 / 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 SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 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

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1. livingadjective

   Synonyms:
   alive, quick, live, quickening, animating

2. livingnoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "living":

   life, alive, live, lives, residing, subsistence, livelihood, resident, lifetime, births, vida, iife, vivo, vie, biological, lived, capita, lifestyle, residence, lively

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1. Taslima Nasreen:

   I never thought it would happen. He has been living in the West, and he has been protected since 1989, if he is attacked, anyone who is critical of Islam can be attacked. I am worried.

2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca:

   It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

3. John Kasich:

   I think the fundamental issue here are the resources, i don't want to give you exactly the numbers, but it's about half the resources in this bill that were in Obamacare. Now, I can tell you we can do with less resources, but you can't do it overnight and you can't give people a $3,000 or 4,000 health insurance policy. You know where they're going to be? They're going to be living in the emergency rooms again.

4. Pete Buttigieg:

   ...National Democrats seemed increasingly to write off red states--or red areas within blue and purple states--completely. The result was that many parts of our country had heard so little from Democrats and progressives that anyone living there who sympathized with our party might assume they were totally alone.

5. Eric Hoffer:

   Wise living consists perhaps less in acquiring good habits than in acquiring as few habits as possible.