Antonyms for lives
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : lahyvz |
| Phonetic Transcription : laɪvz |
Definition of lives
Origin :- Old English lifian (Anglian), libban (West Saxon) "to be, to live, have life; to experience," also "to supply oneself with food, to pass life (in some condition)," from Proto-Germanic *liben (cf. Old Norse lifa "to live, remain," Old Frisian libba, German leben, Gothic liban "to live"), from PIE root *leip- "to remain, continue" (cf. Greek liparein "to persist, persevere;" see leave). Meaning "to make a residence, dwell" is from c.1200. Related: Lived; living.
- According to the Dutch Prouerbe ... Leuen ende laetan leuen, To liue and to let others liue. [Malynes, 1622]
- To live it up "live gaily and extravagantly" is from 1903. To live up to "act in accordance with" is 1690s, from earlier live up "live on a high (moral or mental) level" (1680s). To live (something) down "outwear (some slander or embarrassment)" is from 1842. To live with "cohabit as husband and wife" is attested from 1749; sense of "to put up with" is attested from 1937. Expression live and learn is attested from c.1620.
- noun animation, spirit
- noun existence, duration
- noun being
- noun history, biography
- noun person's experiences
- verb exist
- verb inhabit a dwelling
- verb enjoy being alive
- verb make money to support living
- But unless he did something a hundred lives perhaps might be lost.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- To the end of the lives of the spectators, it was a tale of wonder.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- Just think of the Hippopotamus, the horse or "hippos" that lives in the rivers.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- Strange, by what slender threads our lives are knitted to each other!
- Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
- Lanning, if I had you at my back I could laugh at the law the rest of our lives!
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Americans are called to enact this promise in our lives and in our laws.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- In our own lives, let each of us ask—not just what will government do for me, but what can I do for myself?
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- For all of us are on that same journey of our lives, and our journey, too, will come to an end.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- A painter friend who lives by the sea has asked me to stay with him awhile.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- It is because the Caucasian believes in Him that he lives in fear and dies in fear.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
Synonyms for lives
- abide
- acquire a livelihood
- activity
- animal
- animateness
- animation
- attainment
- autobiography
- be
- be alive
- be happy
- behavior
- being
- bide
- bio
- body
- breath
- breathe
- brio
- bunk
- career
- circumstances
- conduct
- confession
- consciousness
- continuance
- continue
- course
- crash
- creature
- curriculum vitae
- cycle
- dash
- days
- delight
- development
- draw breath
- dwell
- earn a living
- earn money
- élan
- élan vital
- endurance
- endure
- energy
- enjoyment
- enlightenment
- enthusiasm
- entity
- epoch
- era
- esprit
- essence
- excitement
- existence
- expectancy
- experience
- extent
- fare
- feed
- flesh
- flesh and blood
- flourish
- generation
- get along
- get by
- get-up-and-go
- go
- growth
- hand one is dealt
- hang one's hat
- hang out
- happiness
- have life
- heart
- high spirits
- history
- human
- human being
- human condition
- impulse
- individual
- journal
- journey
- knowledge
- last
- lead
- length
- life span
- life story
- lifeblood
- lifestyle
- lifetime
- liveliness
- living
- living being
- living thing
- locate
- lodge
- longevity
- love
- luxuriate
- maintain
- make ends meet
- make it
- make the most of
- man
- memoir
- memorial
- metabolism
- mortal
- mortal being
- move
- nest
- occupy
- oomph
- orbit
- organism
- participation
- pass
- perch
- period
- persist
- person
- personage
- personality
- pilgrimage
- presence
- prevail
- profit
- prosper
- realization
- record
- relish
- remain
- remain alive
- reside
- roost
- savor
- season
- sentience
- settle
- soul
- span
- sparkle
- story
- subsist
- subsistence
- substantiality
- suffering
- support
- survival
- survive
- symbiosis
- take pleasure
- thrive
- time
- trials and tribulations
- verve
- viability
- vicissitudes
- vigor
- vital spark
- vitality
- vivacity
- way of life
- wildlife
- woman
- world
- zest
- zing
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