LIVE as VERB

1. Meaning
   • have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
   Synonym(s)
   • experience (what does experience mean?)
   • know (what does know mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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 d
   Hypernyms(s) live is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • experience (what does experience mean?)
   • undergo (what does undergo mean?)
   • see (what does see mean?)
   • go through (what does go through mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • taste (what does taste mean?)
   • relive (what does relive mean?)
   • live over (what does live over mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • experience (what does experience mean?)
2. Meaning
   • have life, be alive
   Synonym(s)
   • be (what does be mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • Our great leader is no more
   • My grandfather lived until the end of war
   Derived(s)
   • animation (what does animation mean?)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   • living (what does living mean?)
   • aliveness (what does aliveness mean?)
   • organism (what does organism mean?)
   • being (what does being mean?)
3. Meaning
   • lead a certain kind of life
   • live in a certain style
   Usage Example(s)
   • we had to live frugally after the war
   Hyponym(s)
   • move (what does move mean?)
   • dissipate (what does dissipate mean?)
   • swing (what does swing mean?)
   • unlive (what does unlive mean?)
   • live down (what does live down mean?)
   • wanton (what does wanton mean?)
   • vegetate (what does vegetate mean?)
   • pig (what does pig mean?)
   • pig it (what does pig it mean?)
   • bushwhack (what does bushwhack mean?)
   • buccaneer (what does buccaneer mean?)
   • bachelor (what does bachelor mean?)
   • bach (what does bach mean?)
   • eke out (what does eke out mean?)
   • cash out (what does cash out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • liver (what does liver mean?)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   • living (what does living mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • exist (what does exist mean?)
   • be (what does be mean?)
4. Meaning
   • pursue a positive and satisfying existence
   Usage Example(s)
   • You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live
5. Meaning
   • support oneself
   Synonym(s)
   • exist (what does exist mean?)
   • subsist (what does subsist mean?)
   • survive (what does survive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Hyponym(s)
   • breathe (what does breathe mean?)
   • indwell (what does indwell mean?)
   • freewheel (what does freewheel mean?)
   • drift (what does drift mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • survivor (what does survivor mean?)
   • subsister (what does subsister mean?)
   • subsistence (what does subsistence mean?)
   • survival (what does survival mean?)
   • endurance (what does endurance mean?)
6. Meaning
   • continue to live
   • endure or last
   Synonym(s)
   • endure (what does endure mean?)
   • go (what does go mean?)
   • hold out (what does hold out mean?)
   • hold up (what does hold up mean?)
   • last (what does last mean?)
   • live on (what does live on mean?)
   • survive (what does survive mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • We went without water and food for 3 days
   • These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America
   • The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents
   Hyponym(s)
   • stand up (what does stand up mean?)
   • hold up (what does hold up mean?)
   • hold water (what does hold water mean?)
   • perennate (what does perennate mean?)
   • live out (what does live out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • survival (what does survival mean?)
   • endurance (what does endurance mean?)
   • survival (what does survival mean?)
   • endurance (what does endurance mean?)
   Entail(s)
   • be (what does be mean?)
   • live (what does live mean?)
7. Meaning
   • make one’’s home or live in
   Synonym(s)
   • domicile (what does domicile mean?)
   • domiciliate (what does domiciliate mean?)
   • dwell (what does dwell mean?)
   • inhabit (what does inhabit mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • populate (what does populate mean?)
   • reside (what does reside mean?)
   • shack (what does shack mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She resides officially in Iceland
   • I live in a 200-year old house
   • These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted
   • The plains are sparsely populated
   Hypernyms(s) live is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • be (what does be mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • neighbor (what does neighbor mean?)
   • neighbour (what does neighbour mean?)
   • rusticate (what does rusticate mean?)
   • occupy (what does occupy mean?)
   • reside (what does reside mean?)
   • lodge in (what does lodge in mean?)
   • overpopulate (what does overpopulate mean?)
   • cohabit (what does cohabit mean?)
   • shack up (what does shack up mean?)
   • lodge (what does lodge mean?)
   • camp (what does camp mean?)
   • encamp (what does encamp mean?)
   • camp out (what does camp out mean?)
   • bivouac (what does bivouac mean?)
   • tent (what does tent mean?)
   • board (what does board mean?)
   • room (what does room mean?)
   See Also
   • live in (what does live in mean?)
   • sleep in (what does sleep in mean?)
   • live out (what does live out mean?)
   • sleep out (what does sleep out mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • population (what does population mean?)
   • multitude (what does multitude mean?)
   • masses (what does masses mean?)
   • mass (what does mass mean?)
   • hoi polloi (what does hoi polloi mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • citizenry (what does citizenry mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • inhabitancy (what does inhabitancy mean?)
   • inhabitation (what does inhabitation mean?)
   • habitation (what does habitation mean?)
   • inhabitant (what does inhabitant mean?)
   • dweller (what does dweller mean?)
   • denizen (what does denizen mean?)
   • indweller (what does indweller mean?)
   • inhabitancy (what does inhabitancy mean?)
   • inhabitation (what does inhabitation mean?)
   • habitation (what does habitation mean?)
   • liver (what does liver mean?)
   • resident (what does resident mean?)
   • occupant (what does occupant mean?)
   • occupier (what does occupier mean?)
   • residency (what does residency mean?)
   • residence (what does residence mean?)
   • abidance (what does abidance mean?)
   • residency (what does residency mean?)
   • residence (what does residence mean?)
   • abidance (what does abidance mean?)
   • hovel (what does hovel mean?)
   • hut (what does hut mean?)
   • hutch (what does hutch mean?)
   • shack (what does shack mean?)
   • shanty (what does shanty mean?)
   • inhabitant (what does inhabitant mean?)
   • dweller (what does dweller mean?)
   • denizen (what does denizen mean?)
   • indweller (what does indweller mean?)
   • dwelling (what does dwelling mean?)
   • home (what does home mean?)
   • domicile (what does domicile mean?)
   • abode (what does abode mean?)
   • habitation (what does habitation mean?)
   • dwelling house (what does dwelling house mean?)

LIVE as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • having life
   Usage Example(s)
   • a live canary
   • hit a live nerve
   • famous living painters
   • living tissue
   Similar To
   • alive(p) (what does alive(p) mean?)
2. Meaning
   • showing characteristics of life
   • exerting force or containing energy
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Antonym(s)
   • dead (what does dead mean?)
   Similar To
   • in play(p) (what does in play(p) mean?)
   • living(a) (what does living(a) mean?)
   • smoldering (what does smoldering mean?)
   • smouldering (what does smouldering mean?)
3. Meaning
   • charged or energized with electricity
   Synonym(s)
   • hot (what does hot mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a hot wire
   • a live wire
   Similar To
   • charged (what does charged mean?)
4. Meaning
   • of current relevance
   Usage Example(s)
   • a live issue
   • still a live option
   Similar To
   • current (what does current mean?)
5. Meaning
   • in current use or ready for use
   Usage Example(s)
   • live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
   Similar To
   • current (what does current mean?)
6. Meaning
   • abounding with life and energy
   Usage Example(s)
   • the club members are a really live bunch
   Similar To
   • lively (what does lively mean?)
7. Meaning
   • rebounds readily
   Synonym(s)
   • bouncy (what does bouncy mean?)
   • lively (what does lively mean?)
   • resilient (what does resilient mean?)
   • springy (what does springy mean?)
   • whippy (what does whippy mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • clean bouncy hair
   • a lively tennis ball
   • as resiliant as seasoned hickory
   • springy turf
   Similar To
   • elastic (what does elastic mean?)
8. Meaning
   • actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
   Synonym(s)
   • unrecorded (what does unrecorded mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • a live television program
   • brought to you live from Lincoln Center
   • live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
   Antonym(s)
   • recorded (what does recorded mean?)
   Similar To
   • unfilmed (what does unfilmed mean?)
   • untaped (what does untaped mean?)
9. Meaning
   • charged with an explosive
   Usage Example(s)
   • live ammunition
   • a live bomb
   Similar To
   • loaded (what does loaded mean?)

LIVE as ADVERB

1. Meaning
   • not recorded
   Usage Example(s)
   • the opera was broadcast live