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living

living

3.5
So realistic it seems alive
  • adjective
  • /ˈlɪvɪŋ/
translation icon : vívido
  • Her vivid description made the character seem like a living person you could meet in real life.

I just think it's, I, I think it's kind of implying that the house is almost like a living thing, right?

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Examples

  • Here, the ice seems a living presence.

  • I just think it's, I, I think it's kind of implying that the house is almost like a living thing, right?

  • You feel like this is a living entity.

  • Today I have a chance to talk with a living legend all the way from Manchester, England.

  • It is a nightmare, a living nightmare.

  • So we are the eternal conscious spirit that's within us, the living force.

  • The artist's painting captures the subject with such detail that it feels almost living.

  • The sculpture was designed to resemble a living creature, making it incredibly lifelike.

Synonyms

lifelike
vsliving
22 3.9

That looks and moves like a real person or animal

has identical meaning but is a different word form

Antonyms

28 3.4

Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals

Idioms

To frighten or hurt someone very much

To frighten someone very much

2 6.5

Traveling a lot and staying in temporary places, rarely unpacking

During the time people alive now can remember

To live without power, running water, or sewer services

the living end
  • Archaic
1 8.2

Something people think is the best and most exciting

To hit someone very hard or to shock someone very much

9.9

Enjoying a comfortable and rich life after hard times

To be in a very bad situation for a long time

Compounds

617 1.0

A room in a house where people relax and sit together, for example to watch TV

63 1.0

A plant, animal, or small creature that grows and needs food and water

How much money, comfort, and services people in a country have

The money needed to pay for basic things like food and housing

28 3.5

A person or thing whose life shows something can be true

Rooms or small buildings where people live inside a larger place

18 3.4

Money paid to a worker that is enough for their family to pay for basic needs

The amount of money, goods, and services people have for daily life

living will
  • Specialized
14 5.7

An official paper that says what medical care you want if you cannot make decisions

A state of being alive and able to do everyday things

living dead
  • Literature
5 8.6

A dead body that comes back to life like a zombie

A time that people alive now can remember

How people live together in a home and who shares it

living space
  • Archaic
4 9.3

Land a country wants to take for its people to live and grow

3 3.7

Living in a morally careful way and avoiding drinking, smoking, and drugs

living trust
  • Specialized
3 6.0

A legal plan that lets you keep control of your money and property while alive and avoid court after death

living death
  • Informal
3 9.3

A life that feels like being dead because of great suffering

A simple life in the countryside near nature and fresh air

1 2.1

A group of matching furniture for a living room like a sofa and chairs

A life where people share a home, chores, and costs

A way of life that uses less energy and resources to protect the environment

1 3.2

Life in a city with a fast pace, many people, and many shops and services

Places like rooms or buildings where people live

cost-of-living index
  • Specialized
1 3.5

A number showing how much money a typical household needs for basic goods and services

1 4.1

Extra pay for employees to help with higher living costs

Country Living
  • Literature
1 4.4

A monthly magazine about country homes, gardening, cooking, and life in the countryside

3.7

A payment that automatically increases when prices rise to help people afford things

A way of behaving in which a person enjoys many pleasures and expensive things

free-living
  • Specialized
6.4

A living thing that lives on its own and not on another animal or plant

A set of matching furniture for a living room, like a sofa and chairs

living stone
  • South African
9.3

A small plant with thick leaves that looks like a stone and has yellow or white flowers

6.2

Material inside a living cell, including the jelly-like cytoplasm and the nucleus

living rock
  • South African
9.9

A small plant with thick leaves that look like a stone

living rock
  • Specialized
9.5

A small spineless cactus with a bumpy surface and bright pink flowers

A set of matching furniture for a room where people sit and relax, like a sofa and chairs

A set of matching furniture for a living room with a sofa and chairs

living granite
  • South African
9.9

A small plant that grows in clumps with thick grey-green leaves that look like stones

An animal that lives in trees most of the time

How Lifelike

living
3.5
lifelike
22 3.9
realistic
65 4.1

Surface Forms

living positive

Morphology

living = live (transparent) = live + ing

The adjective 'living' meaning 'lifelike' is a direct participial adjective from 'live' describing something that appears alive.

Etymology

Living meaning 'very lifelike' comes from the same root as life and live, so a 'living' portrait or description is one that seems 'alive' and real.