-LIVED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

lived

verb

Definition of lived

past tense of live

as in resided

to have a home he lives next door to the hospital

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as in was

to have life Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

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Recent Examples of lived In this area at that time, Protestant groups from Germany and the Netherlands — primarily Lutherans and Mennonites — lived alongside the predominantly Catholic Polish population. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026 Caterham is the seventh of eight siblings, including one who lived to the age of 104, according to Guinness World Records. — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 After all, the billionaire founder lived a whirlwind of a career, turning down lucrative job offers and weathering professional rejection before ultimately launching one of the world’s biggest biotech companies. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026 From 1908 until his death in 1947, he was largely confined to the property’s main home under specialized psychiatric care, while Katherine lived elsewhere, diligently funding research to find a cure. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 20 Aug. 2026 For years, Coventry had lived a charmed life in the top flight, pulling off a few dramatic escapes either side of a glorious FA Cup success in 1987. — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 Those who have lived under Republican dominance and now live in a state dominated by Democrats understand that, in both cases, the people are the ones who lose. — Yuripzy Morgan, Baltimore Sun, 20 Aug. 2026 The victim lived about a half mile from the park where she was killed. — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026 Knight lived, but Shakur was hit multiple times and would die in the hospital a week later. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived

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In 2024, for example, the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao was bankrolled almost exclusively by hundreds of thousands of dollars from hedge fund manager Philip Dreyfuss, who at the time resided in Piedmont.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
In 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE’-luh-reez) Palace, where King Louis XVI resided.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026

Definition of resided

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Some of the smallest, reddest galaxies in the image existed when the universe was only about 800 million years old, turning one seemingly empty patch of sky into a window through cosmic history.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026