Synonyms for living
- adjective
- noun
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Representing life
alive, alive and kicking, vital, active, kicking, realistic, animate, animated, lifelike, naturalistic, vigorous, lively dated, limned rare, lifey informal rare
Noun
1. Livelihood
sustenance, subsistence, support, keep, maintenance, bread-and-butter, livelihood dated
Other
way of life, being, existence, benefice, quick dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having life; alive.
a living, breathing child
- adj. 2
In use or existing.
Hunanese is a living language.
- n. 1
The state of being alive.
- n. 2
Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood
What do you do for a living?
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- livings → sustenances, subsistences, supports, keeps…
Example sentences
- alive Everybody knows for a fact that he is still alive.
- kicking Ziri was kicking and punching the vending machine.
- naturalistic We want to see if it works in a naturalistic setting.
- breathing I shot the horse because it had trouble breathing.
- blasted That blasted cat keeps tearing up the upholstery.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| living | steady | |
| alive | rising | |
| kicking | rising | |
| naturalistic | rising | |
| breathing | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- life1, keep1
- 5 letters
- being2, quick1, alive2, vital2, lifey
- 6 letters
- active2, lively2, extant2, biotic, limned1
- 7 letters
- support2, burning2, kicking2, blasted2, animate3
- 8 letters
- existing3, absolute3, animated4, vigorous3, stinking2, lifelike2, benefice, biogenic
- 9 letters
- existence3, breathing2, realistic4, animation4, surviving3, aliveness
- 10 letters
- livelihood3, sustenance3
- 11 letters
- maintenance3, subsistence3
- 12 letters
- naturalistic5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (being2 = 2 syllables).