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noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of life

1 a history of a person's life

  • a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents
Synonyms of life

bio, biography, memoir
Words Related to life

autobiography

hagiography

psychobiography

pathography, tell-all

chronicle, history, past, story

obituary

character sketch, profile

2 a member of the human race

  • an appalling number of lives were lost in the war
Synonyms of life

baby, being, bird, bod [British], body, character, cookie (or cooky), creature, customer, devil, duck, egg, face, fish, guy, head, human, human being, individual, man, mortal, party, person, personage, scout, slob, sort, soul, specimen, stiff, thing, wight
Words Related to life

hominid, homo, humanoid

brother, fellow, fellowman, neighbor

celebrity, personality, self, somebody
Phrases Synonymous with life

son of man
Near Antonyms of life

animal, beast, beastie, brute, critter

3 active strength of body or mind

  • even though heʼs 86 years old, he still shows a lot of life
Synonyms of life

beans, bounce, brio, dash, drive, dynamism, energy, esprit, gas, get-up-and-go, ginger, go, gusto, hardihood, juice, moxie, oomph, pep, punch, sap, snap, starch, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, vitality, zing, zip
Words Related to life

animal spirits, animation, briskness, jauntiness, liveliness, snappiness, spirit, spiritedness, sprightliness, spunk, spunkiness, vibrance, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity

ardor, élan, fervor, fire, passion, zeal

main, metal, mettle, might, muscle, potency, power, puissance, stamina, strength

brawniness, fitness, hardiness, huskiness, sturdiness, virility

health, healthiness, soundness, verdure, wellness
Near Antonyms of life

indolence, laziness

debilitation, debility, delicacy, disablement, enfeeblement, faintness, feebleness, frailness, frailty, impotence, impotency, infirmity, powerlessness, puniness, slightness, softness, tenderness, weakness

enervation, exhaustion, inanition, prostration
Antonyms of life

lethargy, listlessness, sluggishness, torpidity

4 the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress

  • the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life
Synonyms of life

continuance, date, duration, life span, lifetime, run, standing, time
Words Related to life

spell, stretch

span, tenure, term

hitch, tour, turn

half-life

age, longevity

5 the way people live at a particular time and place

  • frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous
Synonyms of life

civilization, culture, lifestyle, society
Words Related to life

customs, manners, mores, values

folklore, heritage, legacy, tradition

subculture, subsociety

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