Synonyms for live
- verb
- adjective
Definitions
- v. 1
To be alive; to have life.
He's not expected to live for more than a few months.
- v. 2
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside.
I live at 2a Acacia Avenue. At that time I'd been living in a camper for about six months.
- v. 3
To have permanent residence somewhere, to inhabit, to reside. (of an object) to have its proper place; to normally be stored.
I washed your gravy boat. Where does it live?
- adj. 1
Energetic, attentive, active.
Forms
- Past participle
- lived
e.g. lived → endured, lasted, remained, moved…
Choose the right word
Lodge, sojourn, stay, tarry, and wait always imply a limited time; lodge, to pass the night; sojourn, to remain temporarily; live, dwell, reside, to have a permanent home.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- continue We have to continue doing this until it gets done.
- remain No visitor can remain in the hospital after 9 p.m.
- endure They had to endure great hardship during the war.
- reside They currently reside in the heart of the city.
- inhabit Those tribes inhabit the desert all year round.
By length
- 2 letters
- be1, go1
- 3 letters
- hot1
- 4 letters
- know1, last1, real1, move1, fare1, bide1, hant
- 5 letters
- range1, quick1, alive2, exist2, vital2, lodge1, abide2, dwell1, haunt1
- 6 letters
- active2, remain2, loaded2, viable3, lively2, endure2, reside2, bouncy2
- 7 letters
- current2, charged1, survive2, burning2, breathe1, persist2, inhabit3, animate3, subsist2, springy
- 8 letters
- continue3, vigorous3, populate3
- 9 letters
- breathing2, energetic4, resilient3
- 10 letters
- experience4, unrecorded4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (alive2 = 2 syllables).