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alive

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of alive

1 having or showing life

we were relieved to find that the little bird was still alive after crashing into the plate glass window

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

Near Antonyms of alive

dying, fading, moribund

reposing, resting

ghostlike, ghostly, ghosty, zombielike

absent, extinct, fallen, finished, gone, lapsed, lost, nonexistent, perished, terminated, vanished, wiped out

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, working

Words 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, thriving

Phrases Synonymous with alive

in commission (or into commision), in force, in gear, on line

Near Antonyms of alive

deactivated, decommissioned

ineffective, ineffectual, useless

inoperable, unusable, unworkable

arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating

Antonyms of alive

broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative

4 having being at the present time

describes her boyfriend as the sweetest guy alive

Synonyms of alive

around, existent, existing, extant, living

Words Related to alive

active, busy, flourishing, functioning, operating, working

Near Antonyms of alive

defunct, destroyed, exterminated, kaput (also kaputt)

departed, gone, lost

idle, inactive, inert

Antonyms 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

apprehensive, aware, cognizant, conscious, mindful, sensible, sentient, ware, witting

Words Related to alive

alert, attentive, careful, cautious, heedful, observant, open-eyed, regardful, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake

hyperaware, hyperconscious

Near Antonyms of alive

careless, heedless, inattentive, incautious, mindless, unguarded, unheeding, unwary

Antonyms of alive

insensible, oblivious, unaware, unconscious, unmindful, unwitting

Synonym Discussion of alive

aware, cognizant, conscious, sensible, alive, awake mean having knowledge of something. aware implies vigilance in observing or alertness in drawing inferences from what one experiences.

- aware of changes in climate

cognizant implies having special or certain knowledge as from firsthand sources.

- not fully cognizant of the facts

conscious implies that one is focusing one's attention on something or is even preoccupied by it.

- conscious that my heart was pounding

sensible implies direct or intuitive perceiving especially of intangibles or of emotional states or qualities.

- sensible of a teacher's influence

alive adds to sensible the implication of acute sensitivity to something.

- alive to the thrill of danger

awake implies that one has become alive to something and is on the alert.

- a country always awake to the threat of invasion

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