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live

adjective

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"
Synonyms: unrecorded Antonyms: recorded Similar: unfilmed, untaped
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"
Antonyms: dead Similar: in play, living, smoldering, smouldering
highly reverberant; "a live concert hall"
Similar: reverberant, ringing
charged with an explosive; "live ammunition"; "a live bomb"
Similar: loaded
rebounds readily; "clean bouncy hair"; "a lively tennis ball"; "as resiliant as seasoned hickory"; "springy turf"
Synonyms: bouncy, lively, resilient, springy, whippy Similar: elastic
abounding with life and energy; "the club members are a really live bunch"
Similar: lively
in current use or ready for use; "live copy is ready to be set in type or already set but not yet proofread"
Similar: current
of current relevance; "a live issue"; "still a live option"
Similar: current
charged or energized with electricity; "a hot wire"; "a live wire"
Synonyms: hot Similar: charged
having life; "a live canary"; "hit a live nerve"; "famous living painters"; "living tissue";
Similar: alive
capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
Synonyms: alive Similar: active

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adverb

not recorded; "the opera was broadcast live"

verb

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"
Synonyms: domicile, domiciliate, dwell, inhabit, people, populate, reside, shack
lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
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"
Synonyms: endure, go, hold out, hold up, last, live on, survive
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"
Synonyms: exist, subsist, survive
have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war"
Synonyms: 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 d
Synonyms: experience, know
pursue a positive and satisfying existence; "You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live"

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