See living in American Heritage Dictionary 4 Synonyms
living alive live 2animate animated vital
These adjectives mean possessed of or exhibiting life. Living, alive, and live refer principally to organisms that are not dead: living plants; the happiest person alive; a live canary.
Animate applies to living animal as distinct from living plant life: Something animate was moving inside the box.
Animated suggests renewed life, vigor, or spirit: The argument became very animated.
Vital refers to what is characteristic of or necessary to the continuation of life: You must eat to maintain vital energy.
See living in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
adjective
Having existence or life:
alive, around, existent, existing, extant. See liveMarked by or exhibiting life:
alive, animate, animated, live2, vital. See live
noun
The means needed to support life:
alimentation, alimony, bread, bread and butter, keep, livelihood, maintenance, subsistence, support, sustenance, upkeep. See money
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