Thesaurus
live
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of LIVE
1
being in effective operation <didn't realize that the microphone was live and proceeded to make some rather indiscreet comments>
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
2
having or showing life <there is a tank of live lobsters sitting at the front of the restaurant>
Related Words active, animated, dynamic, lively, thriving, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivacious; current, existent, existing, extant, going, prevailing, surviving; resurrected
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