· be an inhabitant of or reside in; "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"

Synonym(s): populate, dwell, inhabit

Hypernym(s): be

· lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"

· continue to live and avoid dying; "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?" "One crash victim died, the other lived"

Synonym(s): survive, last, live_on, go, endure, hold_up, hold_out

· 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"

Synonym(s): exist, survive, subsist

· have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"

Synonym(s): be

· 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"

Synonym(s): know, experience

Hypernym(s): experience, see, go_through

· pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"

· 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"

Synonym(s): unrecorded

Antonym(s): recorded

· 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"

Antonym(s): dead

· possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"; "a live canary"

Synonym(s): alive

Antonym(s): dead

· highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"

· charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"

· elastic; rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resilient as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

Synonym(s): bouncy, lively, resilient, springy

· abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"

· in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"

· of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"

· charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"

Synonym(s): hot

· capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"

Synonym(s): alive

· not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"