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live

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of live

1 being in effective operation

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

active, alive, functional, functioning, going, living, on, operating, operational, operative, running, working
Words Related to live

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 live

in commission (or into commision), in force, in gear, on line
Near Antonyms of live

deactivated, decommissioned

ineffective, ineffectual, useless

inoperable, unusable, unworkable

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

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

2 having or showing life

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

alive, animate, breathing, living, quick
Words Related to live

active, animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious

current, existent, existing, extant, going, prevailing, surviving

resurrected
Near Antonyms of live

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 live

asleep, breathless, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, expired, inanimate, lifeless, nonliving

live

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of live

1 to have a home

  • he lives next door to the hospital
Synonyms of live

abide, dwell, reside
Words Related to live

lodge, settle, stay

frequent, hang (at), haunt, visit

cohabit, inhabit, occupy

people, populate

lease, rent, sublet, tenant

2 to have life

  • Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece
Synonyms of live

be, breathe, exist, subsist
Words Related to live

abide, continue, endure, hold on, hold up, keep (on), kick, last, lead, persist, rule, run on, survive

move

flourish, prosper, thrive
Near Antonyms of live

disappear, evaporate, vanish

cease, desist, discontinue, end, quit, stop

abate, die (down), ebb, let up, moderate, subside, wane
Antonyms of live

depart, die, expire, pass away, perish, succumb

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