Synonyms of lives

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noun

plural of life

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as in biographies

a history of a person's life

a renowned historian who has written lives of several early presidents

Synonyms & Similar Words

• biographies
• memoirs
• autobiographies
• bios
• histories
• pasts
• hagiographies
• chronicles
• profiles
• stories
• character sketches
• obituaries
• psychobiographies
• pathographies
• tell-alls

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as in people

a member of the human race

an appalling number of lives were lost in the war

Synonyms & Similar Words

• people
• men
• things
• guys
• creatures
• individuals
• humans
• souls
• birds
• beings
• customers
• bodies
• babies
• fishes
• fish
• characters
• mortals
• ducks
• human beings
• specimens
• sorts
• parties
• personalities
• eggs
• scouts
• personages
• faces
• cookies
• devils
• stiffs
• fellows
• heads
• bods
• slobs
• wights
• sons of man
• neighbors
• brothers
• brethren
• selves
• hominids
• fellowmen
• celebrities
• humanoids
• homos
• somebodies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• animals
• beasts
• critters
• brutes
• beasties

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as in times

the period during which something exists, lasts, or is in progress

the Egyptian civilization had an extremely long life

Synonyms & Similar Words

• times
• durations
• lifetimes
• runs
• life spans
• dates
• spans
• standings
• terms
• continuances
• stretches
• ages
• tours
• tenures
• spells
• half-lives
• hitches
• longevities
• turns
• half-lifes

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as in lifestyles

the way people live at a particular time and place

frontier life must have been rugged, exciting, challenging, and more than a little dangerous

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lifestyles
• civilizations
• cultures
• societies
• manners
• legacies
• values
• mores
• customs
• traditions
• subcultures
• folklores
• sub-societies
• heritages
• subsocieties

lives

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verb

present tense third-person singular of live

1

as in resides

to have a home

he lives next door to the hospital

Synonyms & Similar Words

• resides
• dwells
• stays
• abides
• inhabits
• peoples
• haunts
• visits
• occupies
• hangs (at)
• tenants
• lodges
• rents
• frequents
• cohabits
• settles
• leases
• populates
• sublets

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as in is

to have life

Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

Synonyms & Similar Words

• is
• exists
• breathes
• rules
• subsists
• survives
• keeps (on)
• continues
• persists
• lasts
• endures
• flourishes
• kicks
• leads
• runs on
• abides
• moves
• holds on
• thrives
• holds up
• prospers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dies
• departs
• perishes
• expires
• disappears
• passes away
• vanishes
• succumbs
• ends
• stops
• evaporates
• ceases
• dies (down)
• quits
• moderates
• discontinues
• subsides
• ebbs
• wanes
• abates
• desists
• lets up