What are some opposite words for life?
Antonyms for life
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This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term life.
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
life
Behavior is our action in the presence of others; conduct includes also that which is known only to ourselves and our Maker. Carriage expresses simply the manner of holding the body, especially in sitting or walking, as when it is said of a lady "she has a fine carriage." Bearing refers to the bodily expression of feeling or disposition; as, a haughty bearing; a noble bearing. Demeanor is the bodily expression, not only of feelings, but of moral states; as, a devout demeanor. Breeding, unless with some adverse limitation, denotes that manner and conduct which result from good birth and training. Deportment is behavior as related to a set of rules; as, the pupil's deportment was faultless. A person's manner may be that of a moment, or toward a single person; his manners are his habitual style of behavior toward or before others, especially in matters of etiquette and politeness; as, good manners are always pleasing.
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action, bearing, behavior, breeding, carriage, conduct, demeanor, deportment, manner, mannersPreposition:
The behavior of the pastor to or toward his people, on or upon the streets, before the multitude, or in the church, with the godly, or with the worldly, was alike faultless.
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Princeton's WordNet
lifenoun
a characteristic state or mode of living
"social life"; "city life"; "real life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlife, livingnoun
the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
"he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
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liveliness, animation, keep, support, bread and butter, sprightliness, life-time, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, sustenance, life history, aliveness, living, lifetime, biography, livelihood, life storylifenoun
the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living
"he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationanimation, life, living, alivenessnoun
the condition of living or the state of being alive
"while there's life there's hope"; "life depends on many chemical and physical processes"
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brio, liveliness, animateness, animation, life-time, keep, support, bread and butter, vivification, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, invigoration, sustenance, life history, liveness, spiritedness, aliveness, living, lifetime, biography, vitality, livelihood, life storylife, lifetime, life-time, lifespannoun
the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
"the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlifenoun
the period between birth and the present time
"I have known him all his life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlifenoun
the period from the present until death
"he appointed himself emperor for life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlifenoun
a living person
"his heroism saved a life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationliveliness, life, spirit, sprightlinessnoun
animation and energy in action or expression
"it was a heavy play and the actors tried in vain to give life to it"
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liveliness, smell, flavour, disembodied spirit, animation, life-time, purport, feeling, flavor, sprightliness, lifespan, spirit, life sentence, feel, emotional state, life history, look, aliveness, intent, living, lifetime, biography, tone, heart, life storylifenoun
living things collectively
"the oceans are teeming with life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlifenoun
the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones
"there is no life on the moon"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationbiography, life, life story, life historynoun
an account of the series of events making up a person's life
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, spirit, life story, life history, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, career, aliveness, animationlifenoun
a motive for living
"pottery was his life"
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sprightliness, life sentence, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, liveliness, living, life history, aliveness, animationlife sentence, lifenoun
a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives
"he got life for killing the guard"
Synonyms:
sprightliness, liveliness, lifetime, life story, spirit, life-time, biography, lifespan, life sentence, living, life history, aliveness, animation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
lifenoun
Synonyms:
existence, being, animation, vitality, vivacity, spiritedness, energy, activity, briskness, sprightliness, biography, memoirAssociated words:
biology, biologist, vital, biometry, biogenesis, macrobiotics, vitalization, vitalize, bioplasm, protoplasm, elixir, biotic
Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MD
LIFE
Synonyms:
Cardiology (1) LIving with heart FailurE questionnaire (2) Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension trial Nutrition Lifestyle Intervention, Food and Exercise program
How to use life in a sentence?
Sexual jealousy is supposed to be somehow unconquerable and immovable, but that is a myth. It's really serious emotional work to unlearn jealousy and cultivate other ways to feel secure in a relationship, but it's possible. I've been doing it in my practice for the past 20 years and in my own life since 1969.
It's kind of like 'Iron Man' come to life.
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
I had serious doubts after what transpired a couple years ago. I could barely walk. I couldn't sit. Couldn't lay down. I really couldn't do much of anything, luckily I had the procedure on my back, which gave me a chance at having a normal life. But then all of a sudden, I realized I could actually swing a golf club again.
My rage towards the BJP is part of my life story. I can forgive but I cannot forget, if Modi ever cared for Muslims he could come to see how we have learned to live with the stench from the landfill. His disrespect for Muslims defines my political choice.
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