Alive

//əˈlaɪv//

Synonyms for "alive" (210 found)

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Closest matches (42)

Adjective(4 words)
activealertanimatedawake

Strong matches (63)

Related words (105)

Adjective(1 words)
live

Related word relations

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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capable of

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dbpedia genre

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defined as

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derived

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has subevent

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is a

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related to

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similar

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Translations

219 translations across 106 languages.

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Aghwan

1 entries
  • 𐕘𐕒𐕡𐔺 adj (having life)

Albanian

4 entries
  • gjall adj (having life)
  • i gjall adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)
  • jetesa adj (of all living)
  • jeto adj (having life)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ζωός adj (having life)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حي adj (having life)
  • حَي adj (having life)
  • حَيّ adj (having life)
  • عايش adj (having life)

Armenian

3 entries
  • կենդանի adj (having life)
  • ողջ adj (having life)
  • սաղ adj (having life)

Aromanian

3 entries
  • ghiu adj (having life)
  • viu adj (having life)
  • yiu adj (having life)

Asturian

1 entries
  • vivu adj (having life)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • canlı adj (having life)
  • diri adj (having life)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • иҫән adj (having life)
  • тере adj (having life)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • жывы́ adj (having life)

Bengali

2 entries
  • জিন্দা adj (having life)
  • জীবন্ত adj (having life)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • buhay adj (having life)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гъмжащ adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • енергичен adj (in a state of action)
  • жив adj (having life)
  • оживе́н adj (in a state of action)

Catalan

2 entries
  • viu adj (having life)
  • vivent adj (having life)

Central Kurdish

2 entries
  • زندو adj (having life)
  • زندوی adj (in a state of action)

Chickasaw

1 entries
  • okchá̠a adj (having life)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 活著 /活着 adj (having life)

Cornish

1 entries
  • byw adj (having life)

Czech

1 entries
  • živý adj (having life)

Dutch

2 entries
  • levend adj (having life)
  • levendig adj (in a state of action)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • viva adj (having life)

Estonian

1 entries
  • elus adj (having life)

Finnish

4 entries
  • altis adj (having susceptibility)
  • eloisa adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)
  • elossa oleva adj (having life)
  • elävä adj (having life)

French

2 entries
  • en vie adj (having life)
  • vivant adj (having life)

Friulian

2 entries
  • vîf adj (having life)
  • vîv adj (having life)

Galician

1 entries
  • vivo adj (having life)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ცოცხალი adj (having life)

German

3 entries
  • lebendig adj (having life)
  • lebendig adj (in a state of action)
  • lebendig adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)

Greek

1 entries
  • ζωντανός adj (having life)

Haitian Creole

1 entries
  • vivan adj (having life)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חַי adj (having life)

Hindi

4 entries
  • क्रियाशील adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • ज़िंदा adj (having life)
  • जीता adj (having life)
  • जीवंत adj (having life)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • eleven adj (having life)
  • eleven adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)
  • életben lévő adj (having life)
  • élénk adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • lifandi adj (having life)
  • á lífi adj (having life)

Ido

4 entries
  • vivanta adj (having life)
  • vivanta adj (in a state of action)
  • vivanta adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • vivanta adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • hidup adj (having life)

Irish

3 entries
  • beo adj (having life)
  • beo adj (in a state of action)
  • beo adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)

Italian

4 entries
  • animato adj (in a state of action)
  • attivo adj (in a state of action)
  • attivo adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • vivo adj (having life)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 生きている adj (having life)

Kabuverdianu

4 entries
  • bibu adj (having life)
  • bibu adj (having life)
  • bibu adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • vive adj (having life)

Kaurna

1 entries
  • purruna adj (having life)

Khmer

1 entries
  • នៅរស់ adj (having life)

Konkani

1 entries
  • जितें adj (having life)

Korean

1 entries
  • 살아있는 adj (having life)

Latgalian

1 entries
  • dzeivs adj (having life)

Latin

1 entries
  • vīvus adj (having life)

Latvian

1 entries
  • dzīvs adj (having life)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • gyvas adj (having life)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • žywy adj (having life)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • lieweg adj (having life)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • жив adj (having life)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ജീവനുള്ള adj (having life)
  • സജീവം adj (in a state of action)

Manx

4 entries
  • bio adj (having life)
  • bio adj (in a state of action)
  • bio adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • bio adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Maore Comorian

2 entries
  • hayi adj (having life)
  • na mo adj (having life)

Marathi

4 entries
  • क्रियाशिल adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • जिवंत adj (having life)
  • सक्रिय adj (in a state of action)
  • सक्रिय adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Megleno-Romanian

2 entries
  • ghiu adj (having life)
  • viu adj (having life)

Middle English

4 entries
  • alyve adj (having life)
  • alyve adj (in a state of action)
  • quik adj (having life)
  • quik adj (in a state of action)

Māori

1 entries
  • kaiao adj (having life)

Navajo

1 entries
  • hiná adj (having life)

Nepali

2 entries
  • जिउँदो adj (having life)
  • जीवित adj (having life)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • markuldi adj (having life)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries
  • hai adj (having life)
  • na moo adj (having life)
  • na muo adj (having life)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • candar adj (having life)
  • jîndar adj (having life)
  • zindî adj (having life)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • i live adj (having life)
  • levende adj (having life)

Nukunu

1 entries
  • purru adj (having life)

Occitan

2 entries
  • viu adj (having life)
  • vivent adj (having life)

Old Church Slavonic

1 entries
  • живъ adj (having life)

Old English

2 entries
  • cwic adj (having life)
  • on līfe adj (having life)

Pashto

1 entries
  • ژوندى adj (having life)

Persian

1 entries
  • زنده adj (having life)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries
  • wanka adj (having life)

Polish

2 entries
  • żywcem adj (having life)
  • żywy adj (having life)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • vivo adj (having life)
  • vivo adj (in a state of action)
  • vivo adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • vivo adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Rapa Nui

1 entries
  • aringa adj (having life)

Romanian

1 entries
  • viu adj (having life)

Romansch

2 entries
  • veiv adj (having life)
  • viv adj (having life)

Russian

2 entries
  • в живы́х adj (having life)
  • живо́й adj (having life)

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • आयु adj (having life)
  • जीव adj (having life)
  • जीवित adj (having life)

Sardinian

4 entries
  • bibu adj (having life)
  • biu adj (having life)
  • bivu adj (having life)
  • viu adj (having life)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • beò adj (having life)
  • beò adj (in a state of action)
  • beò adj (exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings)
  • beò adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • živ adj (having life)
  • жив adj (having life)

Sherpa

1 entries
  • གསོན་པུ adj (having life)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • vivu adj (having life)

Slovak

1 entries
  • živý adj (having life)

Slovene

2 entries
  • živ adj (having life)
  • živahen adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Spanish

2 entries
  • viviente adj (having life)
  • vivo adj (having life)

Sudovian

1 entries
  • gīvas adj (having life)

Swahili

1 entries
  • hai adj (having life)

Swedish

1 entries
  • levande adj (having life)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • buhay adj (having life)

Tajik

1 entries
  • зинда adj (having life)

Tamil

3 entries
  • உயிருடன் adj (having life)
  • உயிரோடு adj (having life)
  • கலகலப்பான adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Thai

2 entries
  • มีชีวิต adj (having life)
  • เป็น adj (having life)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • གསོན་པོ adj (having life)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • śāmane adj (having life)

Turkish

4 entries
  • canlı adj (having life)
  • canlı adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)
  • diri adj (having life)
  • diri adj (sprightly, lively, brisk)

Udi

1 entries
  • гъуй adj (having life)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • живи́й adj (having life)

Urdu

2 entries
  • جیتا adj (having life)
  • زندہ adj (having life)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sống adj (having life)

Waray-Waray

1 entries
  • buhi adj (having life)

Welsh

1 entries
  • byw adj (having life)

White Hmong

1 entries
  • ciaj adj (having life)

Yaghnobi

1 entries
  • зинда adj (having life)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • kuxaʼan adj (having life)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • lix adj (having life)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

For some reason I feel more alive at night.

Source: tatoeba (1332)

I am alive even though I am not giving any sign of life.

Source: tatoeba (2053)

Elephants are the largest land animals alive today.

Source: tatoeba (2184)

To my surprise, she was alive.

Source: tatoeba (18888)

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