| ephemeral | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. ephemeral, ephemeron | anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form. |
| ~ insect | small air-breathing arthropod. |
| adj. | 2. ephemeral, fugacious, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory | lasting a very short time.; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth's transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms" |
| ~ impermanent, temporary | not permanent; not lasting.; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing" |
| existence | | |
| n. (state) | 1. being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ actuality | the state of actually existing objectively.; "a hope that progressed from possibility to actuality" |
| ~ timeless existence, timelessness, eternity | a state of eternal existence believed in some religions to characterize the afterlife. |
| ~ preexistence | existing in a former state or previous to something else. |
| ~ coexistence | existing peacefully together. |
| ~ subsistence | the state of existing in reality; having substance. |
| ~ presence | the state of being present; current existence.; "he tested for the presence of radon" |
| ~ life | the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living.; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" |
| ~ aliveness, animation, living, life | the condition of living or the state of being alive.; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" |
| ~ life | a characteristic state or mode of living.; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" |
| ~ transcendence, transcendency | a state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience. |
| ~ possibleness, possibility | capability of existing or happening or being true.; "there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired" |
| n. (object) | 2. cosmos, creation, existence, macrocosm, universe, world | everything that exists anywhere.; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence" |
| ~ natural object | an object occurring naturally; not made by man. |
| ~ extragalactic nebula, galaxy | (astronomy) a collection of star systems; any of the billions of systems each having many stars and nebulae and dust.; "`extragalactic nebula' is a former name for `galaxy'" |
| ~ celestial body, heavenly body | natural objects visible in the sky. |
| ~ closed universe | (cosmology) a universe that is spatially closed and in which there is sufficient matter to halt the expansion that began with the big bang; the visible matter is only 10 percent of the matter required for closure but there may be large amounts of dark matter. |
| ~ estraterrestrial body, extraterrestrial object | a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere. |
| ~ natural order | the physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws. |
| ~ nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..; "they tried to preserve nature as they found it" |
| life | | |
| n. (state) | 1. life | a characteristic state or mode of living.; "social life"; "city life"; "real life" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ ghetto | any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping.; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool" |
| n. (cognition) | 2. life, living | the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life" |
| ~ experience | the content of direct observation or participation in an event.; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly" |
| n. (state) | 3. life | the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living.; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| n. (state) | 4. aliveness, animation, life, living | the condition of living or the state of being alive.; "while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes" |
| ~ being, beingness, existence | the state or fact of existing.; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" |
| ~ eternal life, life eternal | life without beginning or end. |
| ~ skin | a person's skin regarded as their life.; "he tried to save his skin" |
| ~ survival, endurance | a state of surviving; remaining alive. |
| n. (time) | 5. life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime | the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).; "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ birth | the time when something begins (especially life).; "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" |
| ~ demise, dying, death | the time when something ends.; "it was the death of all his plans"; "a dying of old hopes" |
| ~ afterlife, hereafter | life after death. |
| ~ time of life | a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state. |
| ~ eld, age | a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises.; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld" |
| n. (time) | 6. life | the period between birth and the present time.; "I have known him all his life" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ past | a earlier period in someone's life (especially one that they have reason to keep secret).; "reporters dug into the candidate's past" |
| n. (time) | 7. life | the period from the present until death.; "he appointed himself emperor for life" |
| ~ period, period of time, time period | an amount of time.; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" |
| ~ days, years | the time during which someone's life continues.; "the monarch's last days"; "in his final years" |
| n. (person) | 8. life | a living person.; "his heroism saved a life" |
| ~ individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | a human being.; "there was too much for one person to do" |
| n. (attribute) | 9. life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness | animation and energy in action or expression.; "it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it" |
| ~ brio, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification, animation | quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous. |
| ~ pertness | quality of being lively and confident.; "there was a pertness about her that attracted him" |
| ~ airiness, delicacy | lightness in movement or manner. |
| ~ alacrity, briskness, smartness | liveliness and eagerness.; "he accepted with alacrity"; "the smartness of the pace soon exhausted him" |
| ~ vim, muscularity, vigor, vigour, energy | an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing).; "his writing conveys great energy"; "a remarkable muscularity of style" |
| ~ elan | enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.; "a performance of great elan and sophistication" |
| ~ esprit | liveliness of mind or spirit. |
| ~ breeziness, jauntiness | a breezy liveliness.; "a delightful breeziness of manner" |
| ~ irrepressibility, buoyancy | irrepressible liveliness and good spirit.; "I admired his buoyancy and persistent good humor" |
| ~ high-spiritedness | exuberant liveliness. |
| ~ ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance | overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval. |
| ~ pep, peppiness, ginger | liveliness and energy.; "this tonic is guaranteed to give you more pep" |
| n. (tops) | 10. life | living things collectively.; "the oceans are teeming with life" |
| ~ animate thing, living thing | a living (or once living) entity. |
| ~ wildlife | all living things (except people) that are undomesticated.; "chemicals could kill all the wildlife" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 11. life | the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones.; "there is no life on the moon" |
| ~ organic phenomenon | (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals. |
| ~ biology | characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms.; "the biology of viruses" |
| ~ aerobiosis | life sustained in the presence of air or oxygen. |
| n. (communication) | 12. biography, life, life history, life story | an account of the series of events making up a person's life. |
| ~ account, chronicle, history, story | a record or narrative description of past events.; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead" |
| ~ autobiography | a biography of yourself. |
| ~ hagiography | a biography that idealizes or idolizes the person (especially a person who is a saint). |
| ~ profile | biographical sketch. |
| ~ parallel lives | a collection of biographies of famous pairs of Greeks and Romans written by Plutarch; used by Shakespeare in writing some of his plays. |
| n. (motive) | 13. life | a motive for living.; "pottery was his life" |
| ~ motivation, motive, need | 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.; "we did not understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of motives" |
| n. (time) | 14. life, life sentence | a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives.; "he got life for killing the guard" |
| ~ prison term, sentence, time | the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned.; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail" |
| animate | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. animate, enliven, exalt, inspire, invigorate | heighten or intensify.; "These paintings exalt the imagination" |
| ~ stimulate, shake up, stir, excite, shake | stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of.; "These stories shook the community"; "the civil war shook the country" |
| ~ encourage | inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to. |
| v. (change) | 2. animate, animise, animize | give lifelike qualities to.; "animated cartoons" |
| ~ alter, change, modify | cause to change; make different; cause a transformation.; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue" |
| v. (change) | 3. animate, enliven, invigorate, liven, liven up | make lively.; "let's liven up this room a bit" |
| ~ energize, energise, perk up, arouse, brace, stimulate | cause to be alert and energetic.; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
| ~ ginger up, jazz up, juice up, pep up | make more interesting or lively.; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper" |
| ~ inspirit, spirit, spirit up | infuse with spirit.; "The company spirited him up" |
| v. (body) | 4. animate, quicken, reanimate, recreate, renovate, repair, revive, revivify, vivify | give new life or energy to.; "A hot soup will revive me"; "This will renovate my spirits"; "This treatment repaired my health" |
| ~ energize, energise, perk up, arouse, brace, stimulate | cause to be alert and energetic.; "Coffee and tea stimulate me"; "This herbal infusion doesn't stimulate" |
| ~ resuscitate, come to, revive | return to consciousness.; "The patient came to quickly"; "She revived after the doctor gave her an injection" |
| adj. | 5. animate | belonging to the class of nouns that denote living beings.; "the word `dog' is animate" |
| ~ linguistics | the scientific study of language. |
| adj. | 6. animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.; "we are animate beings" |
| adj. | 7. animate, sentient | endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness.; "the living knew themselves just sentient puppets on God's stage" |
| ~ sensate | having physical sensation.; "sensate creatures" |
| live | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. dwell, inhabit, live, populate | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of.; "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" |
| ~ tenant | occupy as a tenant. |
| ~ neighbor, neighbour | live or be located as a neighbor.; "the neighboring house" |
| ~ lodge in, occupy, reside | live (in a certain place).; "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" |
| ~ domicile, domiciliate, reside, shack | make one's home in a particular place or community.; "may parents reside in Florida" |
| ~ people | furnish with people.; "The plains are sparsely populated" |
| ~ overpopulate | cause to have too great a population.; "Some towns in New Jersey are becoming overpopulated" |
| ~ cohabit, live together, shack up | share living quarters; usually said of people who are not married and live together as a couple. |
| ~ lodge | be a lodger; stay temporarily.; "Where are you lodging in Paris?" |
| ~ bivouac, camp, camp out, encamp, tent | live in or as if in a tent.; "Can we go camping again this summer?"; "The circus tented near the town"; "The houseguests had to camp in the living room" |
| ~ nest | inhabit a nest, usually after building.; "birds are nesting outside my window every Spring" |
| ~ be | occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere.; "Where is my umbrella?"; "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" |
| ~ room, board | live and take one's meals at or in.; "she rooms in an old boarding house" |
| v. (stative) | 2. live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| ~ move | live one's life in a specified environment.; "she moves in certain circles only" |
| ~ exist, be | have an existence, be extant.; "Is there a God?" |
| ~ dissipate | live a life of pleasure, especially with respect to alcoholic consumption. |
| ~ live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence.; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" |
| ~ swing | live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style.; "The Woodstock generation attempted to swing freely" |
| ~ live down, unlive | live so as to annul some previous behavior.; "You can never live this down!" |
| ~ wanton | indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life. |
| ~ vegetate | lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind. |
| ~ pig, pig it | live like a pig, in squalor. |
| ~ bushwhack | live in the bush as a fugitive or as a guerilla. |
| ~ buccaneer | live like a buccaneer. |
| ~ bach, bachelor | lead a bachelor's existence. |
| ~ eke out | live from day to day, as with some hardship.; "He eked out his years in great poverty" |
| ~ cash out | choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals.; "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia" |
| v. (stative) | 3. endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live, live on, survive | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ subsist, exist, survive, live | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ hold water, stand up, hold up | resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc..; "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water" |
| ~ perennate | survive from season to season, of plants. |
| ~ live out | live out one's life; live to the end. |
| v. (stative) | 4. exist, live, subsist, survive | support oneself.; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day" |
| ~ breathe | be alive.; "Every creature that breathes" |
| ~ freewheel, drift | live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely.; "My son drifted around for years in California before going to law school" |
| ~ live on, survive, last, endure, live, hold out, hold up, go | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| v. (stative) | 5. be, live | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
| ~ live on, survive, last, endure, live, hold out, hold up, go | continue to live through hardship or adversity.; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The race car driver lived through several very serious accidents"; "how long can a person last without food and water?" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. experience, know, live | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations.; "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" |
| ~ taste | experience briefly.; "The ex-slave tasted freedom shortly before she died" |
| ~ live over, relive | experience again, often in the imagination.; "He relived the horrors of war" |
| ~ experience, go through, see | go or live through.; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam" |
| v. (stative) | 7. live | pursue a positive and satisfying existence.; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live" |
| ~ live | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style.; "we had to live frugally after the war" |
| adj. | 8. live, unrecorded | actually being performed at the time of hearing or viewing.; "a live television program"; "brought to you live from Lincoln Center"; "live entertainment involves performers actually in the physical presence of a live audience" |
| ~ unfilmed, untaped | not recorded on film or tape. |
| adj. | 9. live | exerting force or containing energy.; "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" |
| ~ active | (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt.; "active volcanos" |
| ~ in play | of a ball.; "the ball is still in play" |
| ~ living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.; "carved into the living stone" |
| adj. | 10. alive, live | possessing life.; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary" |
| ~ liveborn | (of newborn infant) showing signs of life after birth; not stillborn.; "a liveborn baby" |
| ~ viable | capable of life or normal growth and development.; "viable seeds"; "a viable fetus" |
| ~ vital | manifesting or characteristic of life.; "a vital, living organism"; "vital signs" |
| ~ animate | endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life.; "we are animate beings" |
| adj. | 11. live | highly reverberant.; "a live concert hall" |
| ~ reverberant | having a tendency to reverberate or be repeatedly reflected.; "a reverberant room"; "the reverberant booms of cannon" |
| adj. | 12. live | charged with an explosive.; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb" |
| ~ loaded | (of weapons) charged with ammunition.; "a loaded gun" |
| adj. | 13. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy | elastic; rebounds readily.; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf" |
| ~ elastic | capable of resuming original shape after stretching or compression; springy.; "an elastic band"; "a youthful and elastic walk" |
| adj. | 14. live | abounding with life and energy.; "the club members are a really live bunch" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ lively | full of life and energy.; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" |
| adj. | 15. live | in current use or ready for use.; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread" |
| ~ printing process, printing | reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication. |
| ~ current | occurring in or belonging to the present time.; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
| adj. | 16. live | of current relevance.; "a live issue"; "still a live option" |
| ~ current | occurring in or belonging to the present time.; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position" |
| adj. | 17. hot, live | charged or energized with electricity.; "a hot wire"; "a live wire" |
| ~ electricity | a physical phenomenon associated with stationary or moving electrons and protons. |
| ~ charged | of a particle or body or system; having a net amount of positive or negative electric charge.; "charged particles"; "a charged battery" |
| adj. | 18. alive, live | capable of erupting.; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive" |
| ~ active | (of e.g. volcanos) capable of erupting. |
| adv. | 19. live | not recorded.; "the opera was broadcast live" |
| living | | |
| n. (group) | 1. living | people who are still living.; "save your pity for the living" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| n. (possession) | 2. bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, support, sustenance | the financial means whereby one lives.; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" |
| ~ resource | available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed. |
| ~ amenities, comforts, conveniences, creature comforts | things that make you comfortable and at ease.; "all the comforts of home" |
| ~ maintenance | means of maintenance of a family or group. |
| ~ meal ticket | a source of income or livelihood. |
| ~ subsistence | minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.; "social security provided only a bare subsistence" |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. living | pertaining to living persons.; "within living memory" |
| adj. | 4. living | true to life; lifelike.; "the living image of her mother" |
| ~ realistic | aware or expressing awareness of things as they really are.; "a realistic description"; "a realistic view of the possibilities"; "a realistic appraisal of our chances"; "the actors tried to create a realistic portrayal of the Africans" |
| adj. | 5. living | (informal) absolute.; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him" |
| ~ intensifier, intensive | a modifier that has little meaning except to intensify the meaning it modifies.; "`up' in `finished up' is an intensifier"; "`honestly' in `I honestly don't know' is an intensifier" |
| ~ absolute | perfect or complete or pure.; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol" |
| adj. | 6. living, surviving | still in existence.; "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 7. living | still in active use.; "a living language" |
| ~ extant | still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost.; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk" |
| adj. | 8. living | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried.; "carved into the living stone" |
| ~ live | exerting force or containing energy.; "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" |
| survive | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive | continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.).; "He survived the cancer against all odds" |
| ~ convalesce, recover, recuperate | get over an illness or shock.; "The patient is recuperating" |
| ~ defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over.; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" |
| v. (stative) | 2. outlast, outlive, survive | live longer than.; "She outlived her husband by many years" |
| ~ live, be | have life, be alive.; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" |
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