alive
adjectiveHow many syllables in alive?
There are 2 syllables in the word alive.How to pronounce alive:
Definition of alive:
- alive (adjective):
- living
- possessing life.
- having life not dead or inanimate
Synonyms for alive:
active
aliveness
animate
animated
animation
breathing
life
live
liveborn
lively
living
surviving
thriving
viable
vital
vitality
Antonyms for alive:
apathetic
as dead as a doornail
asleep
at peace
bereft of life
bought the farm
breathless
broken
buried
cadaverous
checked out
cold
cut off
dead
dead as a doornail
deceased
defunct
demised
departed
discouraged
dispirited
down
dull
dying
erased
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