Synonyms for live

Verb

1. dwell, shack, reside, live, inhabit, people, populate, domicile, domiciliate, be, live in, live out

usage: make one's home or live in; "She resides officially in Iceland"; "I live in a 200-year old house"; "These people inhabited all the islands that are now deserted"; "The plains are sparsely populated"

2. live

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

3. survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out

usage: continue to live; endure or last; "We went without water and food for 3 days"; "These superstitions survive in the backwaters of America"; "The racecar driver lived through several very serious accidents"

4. exist, survive, live, subsist

usage: 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"

5. be, live

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

6. know, experience, live, experience, undergo, see, go through

usage: 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"

7. live

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

Adjective

1. live (vs. recorded), unrecorded, unfilmed, untaped

usage: 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"

2. live (vs. dead), in play(predicate), living(prenominal), smoldering, smouldering

usage: showing characteristics of life; 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"

3. live(prenominal), reverberant (vs. unreverberant), ringing

usage: highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"

4. live, loaded (vs. unloaded)

usage: charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"

5. bouncy, live, lively, resilient, springy, whippy, elastic (vs. inelastic)

usage: rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"

6. live, lively (vs. dull)

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

7. live, current (vs. noncurrent)

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

8. live, current (vs. noncurrent)

usage: of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"

9. hot, live, charged (vs. uncharged)

usage: charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"

10. live, alive(predicate) (vs. dead)

usage: having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue";

11. alive(predicate), live(prenominal), active (vs. dormant) (vs. extinct)

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

Adverb

1. live

usage: not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"