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having or showing life<after crashing into the plate glass window the little bird was not only still alive, it seemed merely dazed>Synonymsanimate, breathing, live, livingRelated Wordsactive, animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vital, vivacious; current, existent, existing, extant, going, prevailing, survivingNear Antonymsdying, fading, moribund; stillborn; absent, extinct, fallen, finished, gone, lapsed, lost, nonexistent, perished, terminated, vanished, wiped out; barren, desertAntonymsbreathless, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, expired, inanimate, lifeless, nonliving
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marked by much life, movement, or activity<the mall was alive with holiday shoppers>Synonymsanimated, astir, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, humming, lively, thriving, vibrantRelated Wordsabounding, crowded, overflowing, populous, swarming, teeming, throngingAntonymsasleep, dead, inactive, lifeless, sleepy
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being in effective operation<kept the cause of peace alive despite severe setbacks in relations between the two nations>— see active 1
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having being at the present time<insists that her new boyfriend is the handsomest guy alive>— see extant 1
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having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind<alive to the need for major improvements in the school system>— see conscious
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