The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - liveadj.

1) living, breathing, animate, viable, existent; material, physical, tangible, real, actual, palpable: She said she'd rather be a live beggar than a dead countess. My cat brought me a live mouse into the house the other day. 2) energetic, lively, spirited, vigorous, active, dynamic, busy; current, contemporary: Our new advertising agency seems to have some live ideas. The other party made nuclear disarmament a live issue in the election. 3) burning, glowing, flaming, alight, red-hot, white-hot: A live coal popped out of the grate onto the carpet. 4) loaded, explosive, unexploded, combustible: Builders have dug up a live bomb in London. 5) charged, electrified: Don't touch a live wire or you'll get a shock. --v. 6) breathe, exist; function: There has never lived a more gifted scholar. She lives as a recluse. 7) survive, persist, last, persevere, endure; spend, continue, live out, complete, end, conclude, finish: He lived out his days happily in Torquay. 8) reside, dwell, be; abide, stay, remain, lodge, room: He normally lives in Acton, but at the moment he's living with his mother in Kent. 9) subsist, get along, survive, fare: Many old-age pensioners complain that they have barely enough to live on.