living
noun
[ ˈlɪvɪŋ ]
• an income sufficient to live on or the means of earning it.
• "she was struggling to make a living as a dancer"
Similar:
livelihood,
income,
source of income,
means of support,
means,
subsistence,
keep,
maintenance,
sustenance,
nourishment,
daily bread,
upkeep,
job,
day job,
work,
employment,
occupation,
trade,
profession,
career,
bread and butter,
• the pursuit of a lifestyle of the specified type.
• "the benefits of country living"
Similar:
way of life,
lifestyle,
manner of living,
way of living,
mode of living,
life,
conduct,
behaviour,
activities,
customs,
habits,
ways,
living
adjective
• alive.
• "living creatures"
Similar:
alive,
live,
having life,
animate,
organic,
biological,
sentient,
breathing,
moving,
existing,
existent,
in the land of the living,
among the living,
alive and kicking,
quick,
live
verb
• remain alive.
• "the doctors said she had only six months to live"
• make one's home in a particular place or with a particular person.
• "I've lived in the East End all my life"
Similar:
reside,
have one's home,
have one's residence,
be settled,
be housed,
lodge,
board,
inhabit,
occupy,
populate,
stay,
hang out,
hang one's hat,
put up,
dwell,
sojourn,
be domiciled,
bide,
Origin:
Old English libban, lifian, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leven and German leben, also to life and leave1.
