alive

1 having or showing life after crashing into the plate glass window the little bird was not only still alive, it seemed merely dazed Synonyms of alive animate, breathing, live, living, quick Words Related to alive active, animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious; current, existent, existing, extant, going, prevailing, surviving; resurrected Near Antonyms of alive dying, fading, moribund; stillborn; reposing, resting; ghostlike, ghostly, ghosty, zombielike; absent, extinct, fallen, finished, gone, lapsed, lost, nonexistent, perished, terminated, vanished, wiped out; barren, desert Antonyms of alive asleep, breathless, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, expired, inanimate, lifeless, nonliving

2 marked by much life, movement, or activity the mall was alive with holiday shoppers Synonyms of alive aboil, abubble, abuzz, animated, astir, brisk, bustling, busy, buzzing, flourishing, happening, hopping, humming, kinetic, lively, rousing, stirring, thriving, vibrant Words Related to alive abounding, crowded, overflowing, populous, swarming, teeming, thronging Antonyms of alive asleep, dead, inactive, lifeless, sleepy

3 being in effective operation kept the cause of peace alive despite severe setbacks in relations between the two nations Synonyms of alive active, functional, functioning, going, live, living, on, operating, operational, operative, running, workingWords Related to alive effective, effectual; employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable; performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding; astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thrivingNear Antonyms of alive deactivated, decommissioned; ineffective, ineffectual, useless; inoperable, unusable, unworkable; arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetatingAntonyms of alive broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative

4 having being at the present time insists that her new boyfriend is the handsomest guy alive Synonyms of alive extant, around, existent, existing, livingWords Related to alive active, busy, flourishing, functioning, operating, workingNear Antonyms of alive defunct, destroyed, exterminated, kaput (also kaputt); departed, gone, lost; nonexistent; idle, inactive, inertAntonyms of alive dead, extinct, nonextant

5 having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind alive to the need for major improvements in the school system Synonyms of alive conscious, apprehensive, aware, cognizant, mindful, sensible, sentient, ware, wittingWords Related to alive alert, attentive, careful, cautious, heedful, observant, open-eyed, regardful, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake; hyperaware, hyperconsciousNear Antonyms of alive careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, unguarded, unheeding, unwaryAntonyms of alive insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting