living meaning and definition

LIVING noun

Definition of living (noun)

1. the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities
   • "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"
   • synonyms: life
2. people who are still living
   • "save your pity for the living"
   • antonym: dead
3. 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"
   • synonyms: aliveness, animation, life
4. the financial means whereby one lives
   • "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
   • synonyms: bread and butter, keep, livelihood, support, sustenance

LIVING adjective

Definition of living (adjective)

1. pertaining to living persons
   • "within living memory"
2. true to life; lifelike
   • "the living image of her mother"
3. (informal) absolute
   • "she is a living doll"; "scared the living daylights out of them"; "beat the living hell out of him"
4. 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"; "the only surviving frontier blockhouse in Pennsylvania"
   • synonyms: surviving
5. still in active use
   • "a living language"
6. (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried
   • "carved into the living stone";