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English adjective: living | |||
| 1. | living pertaining to living persons | ||
| Samples | Within living memory. | ||
| 2. | living true to life; lifelike | ||
| Samples | The living image of her mother. | ||
| Similar | realistic | ||
| Antonyms | unrealistic | ||
| 3. | living (informal) absolute | ||
| Samples | She is a living doll. Scared the living daylights out of them. Beat the living hell out of him. | ||
| Similar | absolute | ||
| Domain usage | intensifier, intensive | ||
| Antonyms | relative, comparative | ||
| 4. | living still in existence | ||
| Samples | The Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil. The only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania. | ||
| Synonyms | surviving | ||
| Similar | extant | ||
| Antonyms | extinct, nonextant | ||
| 5. | living still in active use | ||
| Samples | A living language. | ||
| Similar | extant | ||
| Antonyms | extinct, nonextant | ||
| 6. | living (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried | ||
| Samples | Carved into the living stone. | ||
| Similar | live | ||
| Antonyms | dead | ||
English noun: living | |||
| 1. | living (cognition) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | ||
| Samples | He could no longer cope with the complexities of life. | ||
| Synonyms | life | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | experience | ||
| 2. | living (group) people who are still living | ||
| Samples | Save your pity for the living. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
| Antonyms | dead | ||
| 3. | living (state) the condition of living or the state of being alive | ||
| Samples | While there's life there's hope. Life depends on many chemical and physical processes. | ||
| Synonyms | aliveness, animation, life | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | being, beingness, existence | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | endurance, eternal life, life eternal, skin, survival | ||
| Attribute | alive, dead, live | ||
| 4. | living (possession) the financial means whereby one lives | ||
| Samples | Each child was expected to pay for their keep. He applied to the state for support. He could no longer earn his own livelihood. | ||
| Synonyms | bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | resource | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts, maintenance, meal ticket, subsistence | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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