Synonyms of live

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verb

ˈliv 

1

as in to reside

to have a home

he lives next door to the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reside
• dwell
• stay
• abide
• inhabit
• occupy
• people
• haunt
• visit
• hang (at)
• settle
• lodge
• rent
• cohabit
• tenant
• frequent
• populate
• lease
• sublet

2

as in to be

to have life

Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

Synonyms & Similar Words

• be
• exist
• breathe
• rule
• subsist
• survive
• continue
• flourish
• persist
• endure
• last
• keep (on)
• abide
• kick
• run on
• hold on
• lead
• thrive
• move
• prosper
• hold up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• die
• perish
• depart
• expire
• disappear
• pass away
• succumb
• stop
• vanish
• end
• evaporate
• cease
• die (down)
• quit
• discontinue
• moderate
• abate
• subside
• desist
• let up
• ebb
• wane

live

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adjective

ˈlīv 

1

as in operating

being in effective operation

didn't realize that the microphone was live and proceeded to make some rather indiscreet comments

Synonyms & Similar Words

• operating
• operational
• operative
• going
• functioning
• running
• on
• working
• active
• living
• in force
• alive
• operable
• functional
• in commission
• on line
• viable
• in gear
• effective
• producing
• performing
• useful
• employable
• serving
• flourishing
• usable
• effectual
• workable
• productive
• busy
• thriving
• dynamic
• humming
• yielding
• bustling
• astir
• roaring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• broken
• inactive
• inoperative
• nonfunctioning
• nonfunctional
• useless
• nonoperative
• ineffective
• nonactivated
• ineffectual
• nonoperational
• arrested
• nonoperating
• decommissioned
• fallow
• idle
• unusable
• kaput
• deactivated
• unworkable
• lifeless
• dormant
• quiescent
• inert
• sleepy
• inoperable
• asleep
• unproductive
• latent
• nonproductive
• vegetating
• stagnating

2

as in breathing

having or showing life

there is a tank of live lobsters sitting at the front of the restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• breathing
• alive
• living
• animate
• active
• lively
• quick
• animated
• thriving
• dynamic
• surviving
• vibrant
• existing
• current
• going
• vivacious
• prevailing
• extant
• existent
• vigorous
• vital
• resurrected

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dead
• cold
• dying
• deceased
• departed
• inanimate
• expired
• lifeless
• breathless
• asleep
• defunct
• nonliving
• fading
• moribund
• gone
• stillborn
• resting
• absent
• extinct
• terminated
• ghostly
• vanished
• wiped out
• lost
• finished
• nonexistent
• fallen
• ghostlike
• barren
• desert
• lapsed
• reposing
• zombielike
• perished
• ghosty

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of live

Verb

Garcia on the House Oversight Committee, has gone further, linking the high cost of living to politicians on both sides of the aisle acting in their own self-interest rather than the interest of the American public. — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 4 Nov. 2026

This is on top of creating space for the animator, who is roughly the size of a Kaiju in comparison to the fifth-scale the humans on either side of the Impassable Wood live at. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2026

Adjective

The block party event includes DJ and live music (curated by Grammy Award winner Quetzel Flores), altars, storytelling stage, art workshops, a Muertos Market, and food vendors. — Holly Andres, Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026

Deadline has been reporting daily from a live video feed of the courtroom since the trial began around a month ago. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2026

Phrases Containing live

• live up to
• live wire
• live with