Main entry: live
Definition: exerting force or containing energy
Usage: live coals; tossed a live cigarette out the window; got a shock from a live wire; live ore is unmined ore; a live bomb; a live ball is one in play
Antonyms: dead
Definition: not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat
Antonyms: dead
Definition: people who are no longer living
Main entry: live, unrecorded
Definition: actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing
Usage: a live television program; brought to you live from Lincoln Center; live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience
Antonyms: recorded
Definition: set down or registered in a permanent form especially on film or tape for reproduction
Main entry: alive, live
Definition: possessing life
Usage: the happiest person alive; the nerve is alive; doctors are working hard to keep him alive; burned alive; a live canary
Antonyms: dead
Definition: no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life
Main entry: bouncy, springy, live, lively, resilient
Definition: elastic; rebounds readily
Usage: clean bouncy hair; a lively tennis ball; as resilient as seasoned hickory; springy turf
Antonyms: inelastic
Definition: not elastic
Main entry: live
Definition: of current relevance
Usage: a live issue; still a live option
Antonyms: noncurrent
Definition: not current or belonging to the present time
Main entry: live
Definition: in current use or ready for use
Usage: live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread
Antonyms: noncurrent
Definition: not current or belonging to the present time
Main entry: alive, live
Definition: capable of erupting
Usage: a live volcano; the volcano is very much alive
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not active physically or mentally
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not engaged in full-time work
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: lacking activity; lying idle or unused
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
Definition: lacking in energy or will
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
Antonyms: extinct
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) permanently inactive
Antonyms: stative
Definition: ( used of verbs (e.g. `be' or `own') and most participial adjectives) expressing existence or a state rather than an action
Antonyms: passive
Definition: expressing that the subject of the sentence is the patient of the action denoted by the verb
Antonyms: inactive
Definition: not exerting influence or change
Antonyms: quiet
Definition: of the sun characterized by a low level of surface phenomena like sunspots e.g.
Main entry: live
Definition: abounding with life and energy
Usage: the club members are a really live bunch
Antonyms: dull
Definition: lacking in liveliness or animation
Main entry: live
Definition: charged with an explosive
Usage: live ammunition; a live bomb
Antonyms: unloaded
Definition: (of weapons) not charged with ammunition
Main entry: live, hot
Definition: charged or energized with electricity
Usage: a hot wire; a live wire
Antonyms: uncharged
Definition: of a particle or body or system; having no charge
Main entry: live
Definition: highly reverberant
Usage: a live concert hall
Antonyms: unreverberant, nonresonant
Definition: not reverberant; lacking a tendency to reverberate