Antonyms for live

Antonyms for (adj) live

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


Antonyms: inactive, passive

Definition: lacking in energy or will


Antonyms: inactive, dormant

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


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