Synonyms: life
Definition: living things collectively
Usage: the oceans are teeming with life
Similar words: animate thing, living thing
Definition: a living (or once living) entity
Synonyms: life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness
Definition: animation and energy in action or expression
Usage: it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it
Similar words: spiritedness, invigoration, animation, brio, vivification
Definition: quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
Definition: the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
Usage: he could no longer cope with the complexities of life
Similar words: experience
Definition: the content of direct observation or participation in an event
Usage: he had a religious experience; he recalled the experience vividly
Synonyms: biography, life, life history, life story
Definition: an account of the series of events making up a person's life
Similar words: history, chronicle, story, account
Definition: a record or narrative description of past events
Usage: a history of France; he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president; the story of exposure to lead
Synonyms: life
Definition: a motive for living
Usage: pottery was his life
Similar words: need, motivation, motive
Definition: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior
Usage: we did not understand his motivation; he acted with the best of motives
Synonyms: life
Definition: a living person
Usage: his heroism saved a life
Similar words: somebody, someone, soul, mortal, person, individual
Definition: a human being
Usage: there was too much for one person to do
Synonyms: life
Definition: the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
Usage: there is no life on the moon
Similar words: organic phenomenon
Definition: (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
Synonyms: life
Definition: the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
Usage: he hoped for a new life in Australia; he wanted to live his own life without interference from others
Similar words: existence, being, beingness
Definition: the state or fact of existing
Usage: a point of view gradually coming into being; laws in existence for centuries
Synonyms: life, living, aliveness, animation
Definition: the condition of living or the state of being alive
Usage: while there's life there's hope; life depends on many chemical and physical processes
Similar words: existence, being, beingness
Definition: the state or fact of existing
Usage: a point of view gradually coming into being; laws in existence for centuries
Synonyms: life
Definition: a characteristic state or mode of living
Usage: social life; city life; real life
Similar words: existence, being, beingness
Definition: the state or fact of existing
Usage: a point of view gradually coming into being; laws in existence for centuries
Synonyms: life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime
Definition: the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
Usage: the battery had a short life; he lived a long and happy life
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: life
Definition: the period between birth and the present time
Usage: I have known him all his life
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: life
Definition: the period from the present until death
Usage: he appointed himself emperor for life
Similar words: time period, period, period of time
Definition: an amount of time
Usage: a time period of 30 years; hastened the period of time of his recovery; Picasso's blue period
Synonyms: life, life sentence
Definition: a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
Usage: he got life for killing the guard
Similar words: time, prison term, sentence
Definition: the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
Usage: he served a prison term of 15 months; his sentence was 5 to 10 years; he is doing time in the county jail