Synonyms: know, live, experience
Definition: have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
Usage: I know the feeling!; have you ever known hunger?; I have lived a kind of hell when I was a drug addict; The holocaust survivors have lived a nightmare; I lived through two divorces
Similar words: see, go through, experience
Definition: go or live through
Usage: We had many trials to go through; he saw action in Viet Nam
Synonyms: dwell, live, inhabit, populate
Definition: inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
Usage: People lived in Africa millions of years ago; The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted; this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean; deer are populating the woods
Similar words: be
Definition: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
Usage: Where is my umbrella? The toolshed is in the back; What is behind this behavior?
Definition: capable of erupting
Usage: a live volcano; the volcano is very much alive
Similar words: active
Definition: (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting
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
Similar words: liveborn
Definition: (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn
Usage: a liveborn baby
Similar words: viable
Definition: capable of life or normal growth and development
Usage: viable seeds; a viable fetus
Similar words: vital
Definition: manifesting or characteristic of life
Usage: a vital, living organism; vital signs
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: in play
Definition: of a ball
Usage: the ball is still in play
Similar words: living
Definition: (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
Usage: carved into the living stone;
Definition: charged or energized with electricity
Usage: a hot wire; a live wire
Similar words: charged
Definition: of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge
Usage: charged particles; a charged battery
Synonyms: live
Definition: of current relevance
Usage: a live issue; still a live option
Similar words: current
Definition: occurring in or belonging to the present time
Usage: current events; the current topic; current negotiations; current psychoanalytic theories; the ship's current position
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: current
Definition: occurring in or belonging to the present time
Usage: current events; the current topic; current negotiations; current psychoanalytic theories; the ship's current position
Synonyms: live
Definition: abounding with life and energy
Usage: the club members are a really live bunch
Similar words: lively
Definition: full of life and energy
Usage: a lively discussion; lively and attractive parents; a lively party
Synonyms: bouncy, springy, live, lively, resilient
Definition: elastic; rebounds readily
Usage: clean bouncy hair; a lively tennis ball; as resilient as seasoned hickory; springy turf
Similar words: elastic
Definition: capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy
Usage: an elastic band; a youthful and elastic walk
Synonyms: 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
Synonyms: live
Definition: charged with an explosive
Usage: live ammunition; a live bomb
Synonyms: live
Definition: highly reverberant
Usage: a live concert hall
Similar words: reverberant
Definition: having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected
Usage: a reverberant room; the reverberant booms of cannon