lives

Has a pulse

Lives is the plural of life and the third-person singular of live.

As a noun, lives are the spans of existence people or creatures have: The accident claimed three lives.

The verb means to be alive or to dwell: She lives in Boston, He lives for the weekend.

Nine lives is the legendary resilience of cats.

function

operates

Controls or manages

performs · activates · powers · dwells · inhabits · resides · breathes · thrives · survives · endures

existence

being

Existing as something

presence · existence · entity · nature · mortality · actuality · phenomenon · emergence · manifestation · sentience

biography

memoir

Written personal recollection

legacy · journey · recollections · testament · documentary · profile · saga · retrospective · anecdote · history

survival

endurance

Sustained effort capacity

sustenance · self-preservation · foraging · shelter · predators · prey · extinction · starvation · disaster · emergency

dwelling

home

One's personal residence

abode · domicile · apartment · neighborhood · address · quarters · lodging · flat · cottage · shelter

vitality

energy

Power to do work

  • vigorActive physical strength
  • animationTechnique creating movement illusion
  • zestKeen enjoyment or peel

vivacity · exuberance · dynamism · stamina · vibrancy · sprightliness · verve · buoyancy · robustness · sparkle

community

society

Organized communal human existence

belonging · collective · solidarity · culture · interaction · social · network · integration · inclusion · diversity

daily

routine

Regular sequence of actions

errands · housework · work · breakfast · dinner · weekday · weekend · grocery · laundry · cooking

Categories
Opposites
biological state

livesdies

Stops being alive

perishes · expires · deceases · passes away · succumbs

residence/dwelling

livesleaves

Tree's photosynthetic organs

moves away · vacates · departs · abandons · relocates

duration/continuation

livesdies

Stops being alive

ends · ceases · stops · terminates · concludes

Phrases
Family

live, lively, alive, living, lived, liveliness, livelihood, outlive, relive

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