lifegiving
Imparting vital energy
Lifegiving describes something that sustains, restores, or creates life.
Water is lifegiving to all organisms.
The word extends to anything that revitalizes or energizes: the lifegiving warmth of the sun, a lifegiving cup of coffee after a sleepless night.
Also spelled life-giving.
Essential or sustaining existence
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- fundamentalForming the base
- lifebloodEssential animating element
sustaining · core · animating · vivifying · quickening · breath · heartbeat · pulse
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
- nutritiousRich in beneficial substances
fortifying · replenishing · revitalizing · nutrient-rich · provision · alimentation · sustaining · feeding
Able to produce or create
- fecundRichly reproductive
- prolificProducing abundantly and often
- fruitfulProducing abundant results
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
propagation · breeding · reproductive · verdant · flourishing · bountiful · pollination · seedbed
Returning something to condition
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- cureTreatment that heals
remedy · therapy · rehabilitation · mending · convalescence · recuperation · salve · antidote
vital
Essential or sustaining existence
- indispensableUtterly required, irreplaceable
- crucialOf supreme importance
- fundamentalForming the base
lifeblood · sustaining · core · animating · vivifying · quickening · breath · heartbeat · pulse · spirit
sustenance
Means of living
- nourishmentFood that sustains life
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- wholesomeConducive to well-being
nutritious · fortifying · replenishing · revitalizing · nutrient-rich · provision · alimentation · sustaining · feeding · restorative
generative
Able to produce or create
germination · propagation · breeding · reproductive · verdant · flourishing · bountiful · pollination · seedbed · sprouting
restoration
Returning something to condition
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
cure · remedy · therapy · rehabilitation · mending · convalescence · recuperation · salve · antidote · therapeutic
lifegivingdeadly
Able to cause expiration
lethal · fatal · death-dealing · murderous · killing
lifegivingdraining
Depleting one's reserves
depleting · exhausting · enervating · devitalizing · sapping
life, give, giving, live, lives, lived, living, lively, liveliness