I. adjective
1.
having or showing life
the living things of a locality
Synonyms: alive, animate, animated, vital, zoetic
Related Word: being, existing, subsisting; active, dynamic, live, operative
Contrasted words: dead, deceased, defunct, demised, departed, gone, inanimate
Antonyms: lifeless
2.
Synonyms: extant 1, alive, around, existent, existing
II. noun
supplies or resources needed to live
kept trying to earn a living the honest way
Synonyms: alimenation, alimony, bread, bread and butter, keep, livelihood, maintenance, salt, subsistence, support, sustenance
Related Word: sustainment, sustentation