Antonyms of noun living
1 of 4 senses of living
Sense 2
living -- (people who are still living; "save your pity for the living")
Antonym of dead (Sense 1)
=> dead -- (people who are no longer living; "they buried the dead")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun living
4 senses of living
Sense 1
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")
Sense 2
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")
Sense 3
animation, life, living, aliveness -- (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")
Sense 4
support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, 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)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb live
7 senses of live
Sense 1
populate, dwell, live, inhabit -- (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")
=> be -- (occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?")
Phrasal Verb-> live in#1; live out#2
Sense 2
live -- (lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war")
Sense 3
survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out -- (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?")
Sense 4
exist, survive, live, subsist -- (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")
Sense 5
be, live -- (have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war")
Sense 6
know, experience, 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")
=> experience, see, go through -- (go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam")
Sense 7
live -- (pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live")
Antonyms of adj living
5 of 6 senses of living
Sense 2
living -- (true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother")
INDIRECT (VIA realistic) -> unrealistic -- (not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels")
Sense 3
living -- ((informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him")
INDIRECT (VIA absolute) -> relative, comparative -- (estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger")
Sense 4
surviving, living -- (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")
INDIRECT (VIA extant) -> extinct, nonextant -- (no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs")
Sense 5
living -- (still in active use; "a living language")
INDIRECT (VIA extant) -> extinct, nonextant -- (no longer in existence; lost or especially having died out leaving no living representatives; "an extinct species of fish"; "an extinct royal family"; "extinct laws and customs")
Sense 6
living (prenominal) -- ((used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";)
INDIRECT (VIA live) -> dead -- (not showing characteristics of life especially the capacity to sustain life; no longer exerting force or having energy or heat; "Mars is a dead planet"; "dead soil"; "dead coals"; "the fire is dead")
Similarity of adj living
6 senses of living
Sense 1
living -- (pertaining to living persons; "within living memory")
Sense 2
living -- (true to life; lifelike; "the living image of her mother")
=> realistic (vs. unrealistic) -- (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")
Sense 3
living -- ((informal) absolute; "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him")
=> absolute (vs. relative) -- (perfect or complete or pure; "absolute loyalty"; "absolute silence"; "absolute truth"; "absolute alcohol")
Sense 4
surviving, living -- (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 (vs. extinct) -- (still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd)
Sense 5
living -- (still in active use; "a living language")
=> extant (vs. extinct) -- (still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd)
Sense 6
living (prenominal) -- ((used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried; "carved into the living stone";)
=> live (vs. dead) -- (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")