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Adjective alive has 7 senses
- alive - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"
Antonyms: dead, asleep, at peace, at rest, deceased, departed, gone, assassinated, bloodless, exsanguine, exsanguinous, brain dead, breathless, inanimate, pulseless, cold, deathlike, deathly, defunct, d.o.a., doomed, executed, fallen, late, lifeless, exanimate, murdered, slain, stillborn, stone-dead, nonviable
- alive - (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"
Antonym: dull (indirect, via lively)
- animated, alive - having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news"
- alive - (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"
Antonym: insensitive (indirect, via sensitive)
- active, alive - in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"
Antonym: nonexistent (indirect, via existent)
- alert, alive, awake - (usually followed by `to') showing acute awareness; mentally perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was now awake to the reality of his predicament"
Antonym: unaware (indirect, via aware)
- alive, live - capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"
Antonyms: dormant, inactive (indirect, via extinct, active)
Antonyms: extinct, inactive (indirect, via active, dormant)
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