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Synonyms for live


Princeton's WordNet

  1. live, unrecorded(adj)

    actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing


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

    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



    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


    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"

    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"


    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


    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

    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"


    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



    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"


    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"

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

    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


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

    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



    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"

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

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


    continue to live through hardship or adversity



    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


    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

    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


    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

    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


    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

    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



    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"

    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

  1. live


    abide, anticipate, await, bear, bide, confront, continue, dwell, endure, expect, inhabit, lodge, remain, reside, rest, sojourn, stay, stop, tarry, tolerate, wait, watch



Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

  1. live(v)

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

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

  2. live(a)


    inanimate, defunct

Editors Contribution

  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

  1. live(v. n.)

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

  2. live(v. n.)

    remain, continue, endure, be permanent

  3. live(v. n.)

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

  4. live(v. n.)

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

  5. live(v. n.)

    enjoy life, be happy

  6. live(a.)

    LIVING, alive, not dead

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