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living

/ˈlɪvɪŋ/noun, adjective2 syllables

Living means: the financial means whereby one lives.

Synonyms for living23

noun, as in the financial means whereby one lives

support, keep, livelihood, bread and butter, sustenance

noun, as in the condition of living or the state of being alive

animation, life, aliveness

noun, as in the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

life

adjective, as in still in existence

surviving, extant

adjective, as in true to life; lifelike

realistic

adjective, as in (informal) absolute

absolute

adjective, as in still in active use

extant

adjective, as in (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried

live

also used for living

vital, blasted, doggone, stinking, lifey, lifelike, limned, lively, naturalistic, quick

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Opposites of living

dead

What does living mean?10

noun

1

the financial means whereby one lives“each child was expected to pay for their keep”

2

the condition of living or the state of being alive“while there's life there's hope”

3

the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities“he could no longer cope with the complexities of life”

4

people who are still living“save your pity for the living”

adjective

1

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”

2

true to life; lifelike“the living image of her mother”

3

(informal) absolute“she is a living doll”

4

still in active use“a living language”

5

(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried“carved into the living stone”

6

pertaining to living persons“within living memory”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with living?3

two syllables

giving

three syllables

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Living in a sentence

  • Not just for the sake of the ecology, a natural living environment is necessary.unknown
  • Because of inflation, salaries can't keep up with the high cost of living.CM
  • It's very important to know how to let off steam, living in this world.unknown
  • Now you have come of age, you should seek a living for yourself.unknown
  • But for air, all living things would die.Objectivesea
  • When the boys go camping, they enjoy living in a primitive way.CM
  • Meanwhile, the foolish uncle was sitting in the living room.al_ex_an_der
  • Outside the school, she saw people with no homes living in cardboard boxes.CK

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Forms of living

as a noun

plural
livings