Thesaurus
alive
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of ALIVE
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having or showing life <after crashing into the plate glass window the little bird was not only still alive, it seemed merely dazed>
Related Words active, animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious; current, existent, existing, extant, going, prevailing, surviving; resurrected
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being in effective operation <kept the cause of peace alive despite severe setbacks in relations between the two nations>
Synonyms alive, functional, functioning, going, live, living, on, operating, operational, operative, running, working
Related Words effective, effectual; employable, operable, usable (also useable), viable, workable; performing, producing, productive, serving, useful, yielding; astir, bustling, busy, dynamic, flourishing, humming, roaring, thriving
Near Antonyms deactivated, decommissioned; ineffective, ineffectual, useless; inoperable, unusable, unworkable; arrested, asleep, dormant, fallow, idle, inert, latent, lifeless, nonproductive, quiescent, sleepy, stagnating, unproductive, vegetating
Antonyms broken, dead, inactive, inoperative, kaput (also kaputt), nonactivated, nonfunctional, nonfunctioning, nonoperating, nonoperational, nonoperative
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having specified facts or feelings actively impressed on the mind <alive to the need for major improvements in the school system>
Related Words alert, attentive, careful, cautious, heedful, observant, open-eyed, regardful, safe, vigilant, wary, watchful, wide-awake; hyperaware, hyperconscious
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