LIVING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the experience of living
   • the course of human events and activities
   Synonym(s)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
   Hypernyms(s) living is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • experience (what does experience mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • live (what does live mean?)
2. Meaning
   • people who are still living
   Usage Example(s)
   • save your pity for the living
   Hypernyms(s) living is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • people (what does people mean?)
   Antonym(s)
   • dead (what does dead mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the financial means whereby one lives
   Synonym(s)
   • bread and butter (what does bread and butter mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • livelihood (what does livelihood mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
   • sustenance (what does sustenance mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • each child was expected to pay for their keep
   • he applied to the state for support
   • he could no longer earn his own livelihood
   Hypernyms(s) living is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • resource (what does resource mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • comforts (what does comforts mean?)
   • creature comforts (what does creature comforts mean?)
   • amenities (what does amenities mean?)
   • conveniences (what does conveniences mean?)
   • maintenance (what does maintenance mean?)
   • meal ticket (what does meal ticket mean?)
   • subsistence (what does subsistence mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • maintain (what does maintain mean?)
   • sustain (what does sustain mean?)
   • keep (what does keep mean?)
   • maintain (what does maintain mean?)
   • support (what does support mean?)
4. Meaning
   • the condition of living or the state of being alive
   Synonym(s)
   • aliveness (what does aliveness mean?)
   • animation (what does animation mean?)
   • life (what does life mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • while there’’s life there’’s hope
   • life depends on many chemical and physical processes
   Hypernyms(s) living is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • being (what does being mean?)
   • beingness (what does beingness mean?)
   • existence (what does existence mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • eternal life (what does eternal life mean?)
   • life eternal (what does life eternal mean?)
   • skin (what does skin mean?)
   • survival (what does survival mean?)
   • endurance (what does endurance mean?)
   Attribute(s)
   • alive(p) (what does alive(p) mean?)
   • dead (what does dead mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • be (what does be mean?)
   • live (what does live mean?)

LIVING as ADJECTIVE

1. Meaning
   • (informal) absolute
   Usage Example(s)
   • she is a living doll
   • scared the living daylights out of them
   • beat the living hell out of him
   Similar To
   • absolute (what does absolute mean?)
2. Meaning
   • still in active use
   Usage Example(s)
   • a living language
   Similar To
   • extant (what does extant mean?)
3. Meaning
   • still in existence
   Synonym(s)
   • surviving (what does surviving mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • 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
   Similar To
   • extant (what does extant mean?)
4. Meaning
   • true to life
   • lifelike
   Usage Example(s)
   • the living image of her mother
   Similar To
   • realistic (what does realistic mean?)
5. Meaning
   • pertaining to living persons
   Usage Example(s)
   • within living memory
   Pertainym(s)
   • living (what does living mean?)
6. Meaning
   • dwelling or inhabiting
   • often used in combination
   Usage Example(s)
   • living quarters
   • tree-living animals
   Participle(s)
   • dwell (what does dwell mean?)
   • shack (what does shack mean?)
   • reside (what does reside mean?)
   • live (what does live mean?)
   • inhabit (what does inhabit mean?)
   • people (what does people mean?)
   • populate (what does populate mean?)
   • domicile (what does domicile mean?)
   • domiciliate (what does domiciliate mean?)