| noun | the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities “he could no longer cope with the complexities of life” |
| noun | people who are still living “save your pity for the living” |
| noun | the condition of living or the state of being alive “while there's life there's hope” |
| noun | the financial means whereby one lives “each child was expected to pay for their keep” |
| verb | inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of “People lived in Africa millions of years ago” |
| verb | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style “we had to live frugally after the war” |
| verb | continue to live through hardship or adversity “We went without water and food for 3 days” |
| verb | support oneself “he could barely exist on such a low wage” |
| verb | have life, be alive “Our great leader is no more” |
| verb | have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations “I know the feeling!” |
| verb | pursue a positive and satisfying existence “You must accept yourself and others if you really want to live” |
| adjective | pertaining to living persons “within living memory” |
| adjective | true to life; lifelike “the living image of her mother” |
| adjective | (informal) absolute “she is a living doll” |
| adjective | still in existence “the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil” |
| adjective | still in active use “a living language” |
| adjective | (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried “carved into the living stone” |
| live | verb | lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style |
| lifer | noun | a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment |
| alive | adjective | (followed by `to' or `of') aware of |
| support | verb | support materially or financially |
| keep | verb | supply with necessities and support |
| sustain | verb | supply with necessities and support |
| population | noun | the people who inhabit a territory or state |
| dweller | noun | a person who inhabits a particular place |
| dwelling | noun | housing that someone is living in |
| liveable | adjective | fit or suitable to live in or with |
| livable | adjective | fit or suitable to live in or with |
| liver | noun | someone who lives in a place |
| inhabitation | noun | the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) |
| inhabitant | noun | a person who inhabits a particular place |
| inhabitancy | noun | the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men) |
| living | noun | the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities |
| survival | noun | a state of surviving; remaining alive |
| endurance | noun | a state of surviving; remaining alive |
| subsister | noun | one who lives through affliction |
| subsistence | noun | a means of surviving |
| being | noun | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently |
| knowable | adjective | capable of being known |
| experience | noun | the content of direct observation or participation in an event |