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| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | animation, spirit |
| Synonyms: | élan*, activity, being, breath, dash, energy, enthusiasm, entity, esprit, essence, excitement, go*, growth, heart, impulse, liveliness, oomph*, soul, sparkle, verve, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zest*, zing*, brio, get-up-and-go, high spirits, lifeblood, sentience, viability, élan vital |
| Antonyms: | inanimacy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, breathe, continue, endure, get along, get by, last, lead, maintain, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, subsist, survive, be alive, draw breath, have life, make it, remain alive |
| Antonyms: | cease, depart, die |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | existence, duration |
| Synonyms: | being, career, continuance, course, cycle, endurance, epoch, era, expectancy, extent, generation, history, length, life span, lifetime, longevity, orbit, period, pilgrimage, record, season, span, survival, time, days |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhabit a dwelling |
| Synonyms: | abide, bide, bunk*, crash*, dwell, hang one's hat, hang out*, locate, lodge, nest, occupy, perch, reside, roost, settle |
| Antonyms: | not use |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | being |
| Synonyms: | animal, animation, body, breath, consciousness, continuance, creature, endurance, entity, essence, existence, flesh, flesh and blood*, growth, human, human being, individual, living, man, mortal, organism, person, personage, presence, soul, subsistence, survival, vitality, woman, animateness, living being, living thing, metabolism, mortal being, substantiality, symbiosis, viability, vital spark, wildlife |
| Antonyms: | death, inanimacy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | enjoy being alive |
| Synonyms: | delight, experience, flourish, love, luxuriate, prosper, relish, savor, thrive, be happy, make the most of, take pleasure |
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | history, biography |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, career, confession, journal, life story, memoir, memorial, story, bio, curriculum vitae |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make money to support living |
| Synonyms: | fare, feed, get along*, get by*, maintain, profit, subsist, support, acquire a livelihood, earn a living, earn money, make ends meet, make it |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | life |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person's experiences |
| Synonyms: | attainment, behavior, circumstances, conduct, development, enjoyment, enlightenment, growth, happiness, journey, knowledge, lifestyle, participation, personality, realization, suffering, world, hand one is dealt, human condition, trials and tribulations, vicissitudes, way of life |
| Main Entry: | action |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something done |
| Synonyms: | activity, agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, bag*, bit*, business, bustle, commotion, dash, deal, energy, enterprise, flurry, force, game, happening, haste, hoopla*, industry, life, liveliness, motion, movement, occupation, operation, plan, power, process, proposition, racket*, reaction, response, rush, scene, spirit, stir, stunt, trip, turmoil, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, ballgame, big idea, functioning, going, hopper, in the works |
| Antonyms: | cessation, idleness, inaction, inertia, repose, rest, stoppage, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | activity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of being active |
| Synonyms: | action, animation, bustle, enterprise, exercise, exertion, hustle, labor, life, liveliness, motion, movement, activeness |
| Antonyms: | idleness, indolence, inertia, laziness, sluggishness, immobility, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of animate existence |
| Synonyms: | adolescence, boyhood, childhood, dotage, infancy, life, lifetime, majority, maturity, middle age, milestone, old age, senility, seniority, wear and tear*, youth, adulthood, elderliness, girlhood |
| Notes: | epoch applies to the beginning of a new period marked by radical changes and new developments - while era applies to the entire period; age denotes a period identified with some dominant personality or characteristic and period pertains to any portion of time |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | age |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a period of time |
| Synonyms: | blue moon*, century, date, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, interim, interval, life, lifetime, millennium, span, aeon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | animation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liveliness; activity |
| Synonyms: | élan, action, ardor, bounce, buoyancy, dash, ebullience, elation, energy, enthusiasm, esprit, excitement, exhilaration, fervor, gaiety, life, oomph*, passion, pep*, sparkle, spirit, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, zap*, zeal, zest, zing*, zip*, brio, briskness, dynamism, high spirits, sprightliness, vibrancy |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, dullness, inactivity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | autobiography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | written account of one's own life |
| Synonyms: | biography, confession, diary, experience, journal, letter, life, life story, memoir, adventures, bio, letters, personal history, reminiscences, self-portrayal |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive, be alive, have being, have place |
| Main Entry: | being |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | existence |
| Synonyms: | actuality, animation, journey, life, living, presence, reality, subsistence, vitality, world |
| Antonyms: | deadness |
| Main Entry: | bide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait |
| Synonyms: | abide, attend, await, continue, dwell, hang around, linger, live, remain, reside, sit tight*, stay, tarry, hang in, hang out*, hold the phone, lie in wait, stick around, sweat it, watch for |
| Antonyms: | go, hurry, move |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | biography |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | account of person's life |
| Synonyms: | autobiography, diary, journal, life, life history, life story, memoir, picture, profile, résumé, saga, sketch, adventures, bio, biog, close-up, confessions, experiences, letters, personal account, personal anecdote, personal narrative, personal record, vita |
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spring |
| Synonyms: | animation, bound, elasticity, energy, give, go, life, liveliness, pep, rebound, recoil, resilience, vigor, vitality, vivacity, zip, dynamism, springiness |
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