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Alive

Having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an animal or a plant which is alive.

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Active 84% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Active 84% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Aware 84% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Aware 84% connected

Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty.

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Cognizant 84% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Cognizant 84% connected

Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

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Enlivened 84% connected

of Enliven

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Enlivened 84% connected

of Enliven

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existent 84% connected

Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

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Existing 84% connected

of Exist

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Existing 84% connected

of Exist

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Lively 84% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Lively 84% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Revived 84% connected

of Revive

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Revived 84% connected

of Revive

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Sensitive 84% connected

Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the capacity of receiving impressions from external objects; as, a sensitive soul.

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Spirited 84% connected

of Spirit

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Spirited 84% connected

of Spirit

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Viable 84% connected

Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, i…

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Viable 84% connected

Capable of living; born alive and with such form and development of organs as to be capable of living; -- said of a newborn, or a prematurely born, i…

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Vital 84% connected

Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

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Vital 84% connected

Belonging or relating to life, either animal or vegetable; as, vital energies; vital functions; vital actions.

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Animation 74% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Animation 74% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Animate 66% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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Animate 66% connected

To give natural life to; to make alive; to quicken; as, the soul animates the body.

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Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Lively 66% connected

Endowed with or manifesting life; living.

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Animation 66% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Animation 66% connected

The act of animating, or giving life or spirit; the state of being animate or alive.

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Life 66% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Life 66% connected

The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this state continues; that s…

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Vitality 66% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

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Vitality 66% connected

The quality or state of being vital; the principle of life; vital force; animation; as, the vitality of eggs or vegetable seeds; the vitality of an e…

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Synonym 5

Active 92% connected

Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; -- opposed to passive, that receives; as, certain acti…

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Alert 92% connected

Watchful; vigilant; active in vigilance.

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Animated 92% connected

of Animate

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Awake 92% connected

To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken.

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Live 92% connected

To be alive; to have life; to have, as an animal or a plant, the capacity of assimilating matter as food, and to be dependent on such assimilation fo…

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Dead 94% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Dead 94% connected

Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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