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Synonyms for life

Most common

soul being energy essence living animation existence biography

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

2. Living — animation; spirit; vivacity

living, animation, aliveness

3. Existence — nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it

existence, experience

4. Biography

biography, history, memoir

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Animation; spirit; vivacity.

  2. n. 2

    Nature, reality, and the forms that exist in it.

  3. n. 3

    The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living.

    I want my kids to live a good life.  He gave up on life.

  4. n. 4

    The state of organisms preceding their death, characterized by biological processes such as metabolism and reproduction and distinguishing them from inanimate objects; the state of being alive and living. The status possessed by any of a number of entities, including animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and sometimes viruses, which have the properties of replication and metabolism.

Forms

Plural
lifes → souls, beings, energies, essences…

Example sentences

  • soul What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.
  • essence What do you think is the essence of the training?
  • vitality Health and vitality are important for long life.
  • world If not for music, the world would be a dull place.
  • man There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
liferising
soulrising
essencerising
vitalitysteady
worldrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
man1, vim1
4 letters
soul1
5 letters
being2, world1, vigor2, biota
6 letters
living2, energy3, career2, spirit2, breath1, warmth1, memoir2, vigour, mettle2
7 letters
history3, essence2
8 letters
activity4, duration3, vitality4, vivacity
9 letters
condition3, existence3, animation4, biography4, aliveness, briskness
10 letters
experience4, liveliness3
11 letters
personality5
12 letters
spiritedness4
13 letters
sprightliness

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (being2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
vie
Italiano
vita
Español
vida
Deutsch
Leben
Català
vida