" life "

1: a history of a person's life;

  * e.g., " ... a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bio,

•  biography,

•  memoir

•  Antonyms : 

•  lethargy,

•  listlessness,

•  sluggishness,

•  torpidity

2: a member of the human race;

  * e.g., " ... an appalling number of lives were lost in the war "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baby,

•  being,

•  bird,

•  bod,

•  body,

•  character,

•  cookie,

•  creature,

•  customer,

•  devil,

•  duck,

•  egg,

•  face,

•  fish,

•  guy,

•  head,

•  human,

•  human being,

•  individual,

•  man,

•  mortal,

•  party,

•  person,

•  personage,

•  scout,

•  slob,

•  sort,

•  soul,

•  specimen,

•  stiff,

•  thing,

•  wight

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

3: active strength of body or mind;

  * e.g., " ... even though he's 86 years old, he still shows a lot of life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beans,

•  bounce,

•  brio,

•  dash,

•  drive,

•  dynamism,

•  energy,

•  esprit,

•  gas,

•  get-up-and-go,

•  ginger,

•  go,

•  gusto,

•  hardihood,

•  juice,

•  moxie,

•  oomph,

•  pep,

•  punch,

•  sap,

•  snap,

•  starch,

•  verve,

•  vigor,

•  vim,

•  vinegar,

•  vitality,

•  zing,

•  zip

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress;

  * e.g., " ... I saw no need to pay more for a better-built computer that would just grow obsolete before the end of its life span "

•  Synonyms : 

•  continuance,

•  date,

•  duration,

•  life,

•  lifetime,

•  run,

•  standing,

•  time

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress;

  * e.g., " ... I saw no need to pay more for a better-built computer that would just grow obsolete before the end of its life span "

•  Synonyms : 

•  continuances,

•  dates,

•  durations,

•  lifetimes,

•  lives,

•  runs,

•  standings,

•  times

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: a life marked by material wealth and comfort;

  * e.g., " ... vowed to live the good life if he ever won the lottery "

•  Synonyms : 

•  American dream

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: as in time, duration;

•  Synonyms : 

•  continuance,

•  date,

•  duration,

•  life,

•  life span,

•  lifetime,

•  run,

•  standing,

•  time,

•  span,

•  tenure,

•  term,

•  age,

•  longevity,

•  hitch,

•  tour,

•  turn,

•  spell,

•  stretch

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: giving or having power to create or support life; essential to life;

  * e.g., " ... The sun provides life-giving energy. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  conditioning,

•  strengthening,

•  bracing,

•  cordial,

•  invigorating,

•  refreshing,

•  rejuvenating,

•  restorative,

•  reviving,

•  stimulating,

•  stimulative,

•  tonic,

•  vital,

•  vitalizing,

•  animating,

•  exhilarating,

•  exhilarative,

•  quickening,

•  sharp,

•  corrective,

•  curative,

•  curing,

•  medicinal,

•  rectifying,

•  recuperative,

•  reformative,

•  reformatory,

•  rehabilitative,

•  remedial,

•  remedying,

•  reparative,

•  therapeutic,

•  beneficial,

•  healthful,

•  healthy,

•  helpful,

•  salubrious,

•  salutary,

•  wholesome

•  Antonyms : 

•  deadening,

•  debilitating,

•  draining,

•  enervating,

•  enfeebling,

•  exhausting,

•  numbing,

•  sapping,

•  weakening,

•  wearying,

•  deleterious,

•  injurious,

•  pernicious,

•  insalubrious,

•  noxious,

•  unhealthful,

•  unhealthy,

•  unwholesome

1: as in decisive, weighty;

•  Synonyms : 

•  decisive,

•  weighty,

•  critical,

•  crucial,

•  key,

•  pivotal,

•  vital,

•  basic,

•  elementary,

•  fundamental,

•  essential,

•  indispensable,

•  instrumental,

•  necessary,

•  requisite,

•  pressing,

•  urgent

•  Antonyms : 

•  inconsequential,

•  insignificant,

•  minor,

•  trivial,

•  unimportant

1: belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank;

  * e.g., " ... photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris "

•  Synonyms : 

•  baseborn,

•  common,

•  humble,

•  ignoble,

•  inferior,

•  low,

•  lowborn,

•  lower-class,

•  lowly,

•  lumpen,

•  mean,

•  plebeian,

•  prole,

•  proletarian,

•  unwashed,

•  vulgar

•  Antonyms : 

•  aristocratic,

•  blue-blooded,

•  genteel,

•  gentle,

•  grand,

•  great,

•  high,

•  highborn,

•  highbred,

•  lofty,

•  noble,

•  patrician,

•  upper-class,

•  upper-crust,

•  wellborn

1: happening in the real world rather than in a story;

  * e.g., " ... real-life problems "

•  Synonyms : 

•  authentic,

•  bona fide,

•  real-world,

•  actual,

•  concrete,

•  de facto,

•  effective,

•  existent,

•  factual,

•  genuine,

•  real,

•  sure-enough,

•  true,

•  very,

•  attested,

•  authenticated,

•  confirmed,

•  demonstrated,

•  established,

•  proven,

•  substantiated,

•  valid,

•  validated,

•  verified,

•  incontestable,

•  incontrovertible,

•  indisputable,

•  indubitable,

•  inescapable,

•  irrefutable,

•  undeniable,

•  unquestionable,

•  believable,

•  convincing,

•  literal,

•  realistic,

•  unmistakable,

•  verifiable,

•  absolute,

•  certain,

•  final,

•  hard,

•  objective,

•  palpable,

•  positive,

•  substantial,

•  tangible,

•  authoritative,

•  certifiable,

•  certified

•  Antonyms : 

•  alleged,

•  assumed,

•  reputed,

•  supposed,

•  conceived,

•  envisaged,

•  envisioned,

•  imagined,

•  pictured,

•  visualized,

•  chimerical,

•  fabled,

•  fanciful,

•  fictional,

•  fictitious,

•  illusory,

•  legendary,

•  fabricated,

•  fake,

•  imaginary,

•  invented,

•  made-up,

•  make-believe,

•  pretend,

•  romantic,

•  abstract,

•  symbolic,

•  unreal,

•  virtual,

•  conjectural,

•  hypothetical,

•  ideal,

•  inexistent,

•  nonexistent,

•  platonic,

•  possible,

•  potential,

•  suppositional,

•  theoretical

1: a situation or state of carefree comfort;

  * e.g., " ... They spent their summers sipping mimosas by the poolside, living the life of Riley. "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beer and skittles,

•  easy street,

•  fun and games,

•  hog heaven,

•  picnic

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)