Living
nounAdjective
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”
Similar:Surviving(informal) absolute
“she is a living doll”
“scared the living daylights out of them”
“beat the living hell out of him”
still in active use
“a living language”
true to life; lifelike
“the living image of her mother”
(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
“carved into the living stone”
Noun
people who are still living
“save your pity for the living”
Type of:Peoplethe experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
Similar:LifeType of:Experiencethe financial means whereby one lives
Type of:Resourcethe condition of living or the state of being alive
Other
pertaining to living persons
“within living memory”
Dictionary Validity
- Tournament Word List (TWL)
- Scrabble US
- Collins Scrabble Words (CSW21)
- Scrabble UK
- ENABLE Dictionary
- Words With Friends
- Combined US/UK Scrabble Dictionary
- SOWPODS
- North American Scrabble (NWL2020)
- NASPA
Similar Words
- Life
- Surviving
- Keep
- Livelihood
- Support
- Sustenance
- Aliveness
- Animation
- Extant
- Absolute
- Realistic
- Live