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more alive

ADJECTIVE

being animately existent

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awake conscious viable

STRONG

live

WEAK

animate around breathing cognizant dynamic existing extant functioning growing knowing living mortal operative running subsisting vital working zoetic

Antonyms

STRONGEST

unconscious

WEAK

dead deceased dispirited dull inanimate lifeless morose sluggish spiritless

ADJECTIVE

being active, full of life

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awake eager ready rife

STRONG

animated

WEAK

abounding alert brisk bustling cheerful dynamic energetic lively overflowing quick replete sharp spirited sprightly spry stirring swarming teeming vigorous vital vivacious zestful

Antonyms

WEAK

dead deceased dispirited dull inanimate lifeless morose sluggish spiritless

Example Sentences

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Eclipsing that idea, though, is how much more alive and hopeful this documentary makes us feel.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said "it didn't matter much" that Trump had not attended, adding that multilateralism was "more alive than ever".

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

The book ends in an eloquent defense of beavers as wetland-habitat creators, worth infinitely more alive and working than trapped and persecuted.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

“As parts of Glenn’s brain are dying, there are parts of him that are actually more alive than I have ever seen. There’s a great deal of beauty interwoven with a great deal of pain.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2024

She looked ten times more alive than most of the people one meets in London.

From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis