living creatures

Things that breathe

Living creatures are organisms that possess life—beings that grow, reproduce, and respond to their environment.

The phrase emphasizes the animate quality of animals, plants, and other life forms, often distinguishing them from inanimate objects or abstract concepts: All living creatures need water to survive.

It carries a slightly formal or reverent tone, common in ecological, philosophical, and religious contexts where the sanctity or interconnectedness of life is being considered.

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dog · hydra · rotifer · bird · tardigrade · bacteria · paramecium · cat · extremophile · elephant · euglena · yeast · biota · fauna · lion · protozoa · tree · nematode

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animacy/life status

living creaturesrocks

Solid mineral pieces

minerals · corpses · dust · machines · cadavers

naturalness/origin

living creaturesmachines

Devices that perform tasks

robots · automata · mechanical devices · technology · computers

temporal existence

living creaturesextinct species

Organism with no survivors

fossils · remains · departed souls

Family

live, living, creature, lives, livestock, lived, liveliness, livelihood, outlive

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G