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Synonyms and Antonyms of living

1 being in effective operation
  • a living tradition of the holiday season
  • a living culture that has survived a number of foreign invasions
Synonyms of living

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

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 living

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

deactivated, decommissioned

ineffective, ineffectual, useless

inoperable, unusable, unworkable

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

broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative
2 having being at the present time
  • there are fewer than a dozen living former presidents
Synonyms of living

alive, around, existent, existing, extant
Words Related to living

active, busy, flourishing, functioning, operating, working
Near Antonyms of living

defunct, destroyed, exterminated, kaput (also kaputt)

departed, gone, lost

nonexistent

idle, inactive, inert
Antonyms of living

dead, extinct, nonextant
3 having or showing life
  • is your hamster still living?
Synonyms of living

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

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

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

resurrected
Near Antonyms of living

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 living

asleep, breathless, cold, dead, deceased, defunct, departed, expired, inanimate, lifeless, nonliving
4 closely resembling the object imitated
  • an outdoor museum that is a living re-creation of a typical New England village circa 1840
Synonyms of living

lifelike

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