| Adj. | 1. | alive - possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive"; "burned alive"animate - endowed with animal life as distinguished from plant life; "we are animate beings" dead - no longer having or seeming to have or expecting to have life; "the nerve is dead"; "a dead pallor"; "he was marked as a dead man by the assassin" | |
| 2. | alive - (often followed by `with') full of life and spirit; "she was wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with mischief"lively - full of life and energy; "a lively discussion"; "lively and attractive parents"; "a lively party" | |
| 3. | alive - having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when he heard the good news" | |
| 4. | alive - (followed by `to' or `of') aware of; "is alive to the moods of others"sensitive - having acute mental or emotional sensibility; "sensitive to the local community and its needs" | |
| 5. | alive - in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still alive"; "an active tradition"existent, existing - having existence or being or actuality; "an attempt to refine the existent machinery to make it more efficient"; "much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran" | |
| 6. | alive - (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"aware - (sometimes followed by `of') having or showing realization or perception; "was aware of his opponent's hostility"; "became aware of her surroundings"; "aware that he had exceeded the speed limit" | |
| 7. | alive - capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very much alive"active - (of e.g. volcanos) erupting or liable to erupt; "active volcanos" | |