-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 The men entered the home with guns, found no drugs and fatally shot the three residents, who lived just across the street from Norman, the records show. — Michael Graczyk, Arkansas Online, 24 Sep. 2026 The mystery endured for decades until investigators traced one of nearly 30 keys found on him to Jacksonville, Florida, where Betkouski had lived. — Brittany Miller, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The oldest wild whitetail ever documented lived to be 24 years old. — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 24 Sep. 2026 No evidence could prove that Mulderrig, who was 60 at the time of the crash, felt pain or lived long enough to deal with being disfigured, Hogan said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 24 Sep. 2026 About 72% of Kern County residents lived within roughly three miles of an oil and gas well being built during those years, Couper said. — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026 This was happening in our hometown, around the hometown university, in apartment complexes where college students lived. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026 Each was fatally stabbed at an off-campus home on King Road where the three women lived and Chapin stayed over for the night with Kernodle, his girlfriend. — Kevin Fixler september 17, Idaho Statesman, 17 Sep. 2026 Elsewhere, Llínas films the modern-day streets, statues, and buildings where Borges once lived and visited, accompanied by casual pontifications on the author’s values and habits. — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived

Verb

The park’s Spooner’s Cove, named after a family that once resided here, was another gathering spot.

— David G. Allan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
Prior to that, some homesteading farmers, gold miners and a Maidu community resided on the land.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of resided

Verb

Its kitchen could barely fit two people, and there was only one table with a few chairs.

— Laura Rodríguez Presa, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026
At the same time, there was a third Mike Bowl in San Francisco between the 49ers and Dolphins—Kyle Shanahan and Jeff Hafley each have the middle name Michael!

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

The successor stadium is significantly larger—by over a half-a-million square feet—than what existed before while accommodating only 35,000 fans, a 26% reduction from the old stadium and, by far, the smallest capacity in the Big Ten.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Spreadsheets existed in 2006, but here they are kept, like everyone’s shame and scruples, firmly out of sight.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2026