Synonyms of lives

lives 1 of 2

noun

plural of life

1

as in biographies

a history of a person's life

a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• biographies
• memoirs
• autobiographies
• bios
• histories
• pasts
• hagiographies
• chronicles
• profiles
• stories
• character sketches
• obituaries
• psychobiographies
• pathographies
• tell-alls

2

as in people

a member of the human race

an appalling number of lives were lost in the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• people
• men
• things
• guys
• creatures
• individuals
• humans
• souls
• birds
• beings
• customers
• bodies
• babies
• fish
• characters
• mortals
• ducks
• human beings
• specimens
• sorts
• parties
• personalities
• eggs
• scouts
• personages
• faces
• cookies
• devils
• stiffs
• fellows
• heads
• bods
• slobs
• wights
• sons of man
• neighbors
• brothers
• selves
• hominids
• fellowmen
• celebrities
• humanoids
• homos
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

3

as in times

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

the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• times
• durations
• lifetimes
• runs
• life spans
• dates
• spans
• standings
• terms
• continuances
• stretches
• ages
• tours
• tenures
• spells
• hitches
• longevities
• turns
• half-lifes

4

as in lifestyles

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 & Similar Words

• lifestyles
• civilizations
• cultures
• societies
• manners
• values
• legacies
• mores
• customs
• traditions
• subcultures
• folklores
• heritages
• subsocieties

lives

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verb

present tense third-person singular of live

1

as in resides

to have a home

he lives next door to the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resides
• dwells
• stays
• abides
• inhabits
• peoples
• haunts
• visits
• occupies
• hangs (at)
• tenants
• lodges
• rents
• frequents
• cohabits
• settles
• leases
• populates
• sublets

2

as in is

to have life

Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

Synonyms & Similar Words

• is
• exists
• breathes
• rules
• subsists
• survives
• keeps (on)
• continues
• persists
• lasts
• endures
• flourishes
• kicks
• leads
• runs on
• abides
• moves
• holds on
• thrives
• holds up
• prospers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dies
• departs
• perishes
• expires
• disappears
• passes away
• vanishes
• succumbs
• ends
• stops
• evaporates
• ceases
• dies (down)
• quits
• moderates
• discontinues
• subsides
• ebbs
• wanes
• abates
• desists
• lets up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of lives

Noun

Purja and his team also carried out a number of daring rescues, often putting their own lives in danger. — Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026

In 2012, China occupied Scarborough Shoal, a traditional Filipino fishing ground inside the Philippines’ EEZ, endangering the lives of Philippine personnel and fishermen in the process. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Garcia credited the first responding officer with saving their lives. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 July 2026

To a generation of women who, despite having tasted more public lives working outside of the home during the war were now forced back inside, fashionable Tupperware may have represented something else, says Brumberg-Kraus. — Shoshi Parks, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

The 17-year-old lives in a shelter for teens and young adults in New York City. — Corey Williams, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Three recent graduates tragically lost their lives in the accident. — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 30 July 2026

The two men filed a lawsuit against Unity Medical Center alleging emotional distress caused by negligence and medical malpractice, claiming the facility robbed them of the lives they were meant to live. — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026

Made by Conker Pictures, part of Banijay UK, the series is set on the frontlines of domiciliary care and follows the messy lives of support workers and their disabled and neurodivergent clients. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 July 2026

Verb

That lawsuit names coho salmon, spotted owls, as well as a threatened seabird, the marbled murrelet, which lives largely out at sea but returns to old-growth coastal trees to nest, as species threatened by the change. — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

On the Eastern Plains near Manzanola, Alice Craig McDonald, 91, lives near the homestead her grandparents claimed after leaving Oklahoma by wagon in 1916 -- descendants of people born into slavery who came west looking for land of their own. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Building the machine that builds the business is where exponential growth lives. — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

We are retired and have a second home in the state where our oldest lives. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Barnes faced some criticism for spending time in Chicago, where his family lives. — Gene Johnson, Fortune, 31 July 2026

Austin — about 200 miles from Dallas, where Dundon lives — could make sense but the San Antonio Spurs are trying to expand their market to capture the city. — Esfandiar Baraheni, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The Houthis have accused Saudi Arabia of imposing a blockade on airports and seaports in northwestern Yemen, where most of the country’s population lives and which the Houthis otherwise control. — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Jack lives a far more public life than either of his two siblings. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 23 July 2026