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LIVING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com Synonyms living American [ liv -ing] / ˈlɪv ɪŋ / adjective having life; being alive; not dead. living persons. Synonyms: quick , live Antonyms: dead in actual existence or use; extant . living languages. active or thriving; vigorous ; strong . a living faith. Synonyms: flourishing , lively burning or glowing, as a coal. flowing freely, as water. pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence. living conditions; a living wage. of or relating to living persons. within living memory. lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative. in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc.. living rock. Informal. very; absolute (used as an intensifier). You scared the living daylights out of me! He's making her life a living hell. noun the act or condition of a person or thing that lives. Living is very expensive these days. the means of maintaining life; livelihood . to earn one's living. Synonyms: subsistence , sustenance a particular manner, state, or status of life. luxurious living. (used with a plural verb) Usually the living living persons collectively. glad to be back among the living. British. the benefice of a member of the clergy. living British / ˈlɪvɪŋ / adjective possessing life; not dead ( as collective noun preceded by the ) the living having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter) currently in use or valid living language seeming to be real a living image (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extant Compare extinct geology another word for live 2 presented by actors before a live audience living theatre (prenominal) (intensifier) the living daylights "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 noun the condition of being alive the manner in which one conducts one's life fast living the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives Church of England another term for benefice (modifier) of, involving, or characteristic of everyday life living area (modifier) of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory ) "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Usage What are other ways to say living ? A person’s living is their means of maintaining life. How is this term different from livelihood and maintenance ? Find out on Thesaurus.com. Other Word Forms livingly adverb livingness noun nonliving adjective quasi-living adjective unliving adjective Etymology Origin of living First recorded before 900; Middle English adjective lyvyng(e); replacing earlier liviende, Old English lifgende ( see live 1 , -ing 2 ); Middle English noun living(e) ( -ing 1 ) Explanation Someone who's living is alive. You might talk about your living grandparents to distinguish them from the ones who died before you were born. When you talk about animals and people, you can call them living beings. and you can also use this adjective to mean "used" or "active," like a living language that continues to be spoken. As a noun, living means the state of being alive or "enough money to live." You might say, for example, that you write poetry for fun, but you work cleaning hotel rooms to earn a living. Keep Reading on Vocabulary.com Example Sentences Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com. Chief Financial Officer Roxanne Warner said U.S. consumer confidence nosedived to historically low levels, driven by worries over the rising cost of living, after the war began Feb. 28. From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026 Every hour of material I’m talking about my life, what I’m currently going through and living through, and what I’m currently going through and living through is becoming a mom. From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026 Puerto Ricans living in the territory can vote in all contests except federal general elections. From Salon • May 6, 2026 "For years, we've used these equations to study how chromatin, which is the folded state of DNA inside the nucleus, organizes itself inside living cells," says Shenoy. From Science Daily • May 6, 2026 Sisters on either side, living in the hand-me-down boots and jackets of his older brothers, a stairstep in the parade of Dannenbergs tripping off to church on Sunday mornings in height-descending order. From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse Related Words existence income job livelihood Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.