life

n

1. existence, being, animateness, viability, flesh and blood, substantiality; lifetime, days, generation, life span; duration of life, life expectancy, longevity.

2. the human condition, vicissitudes, ups and downs; trials and tribulations, the ills that flesh is heir to, man's inhumanity to man; the world, the times, state of affairs, course or tide of events.

3. nature, creation, wild life, flora and fauna; man and bird and beast, the fish of the sea, the denizens of the deep, the beasts of the field, the fowls or birds of the air; mankind, womankind.

4. human being, human, person, individual, mortal; man, woman, child.

5. animation, liveliness, vivacity, spirit; dash, dlan, zest, verve, flair, zing; fire, warmth, glow, fervency, ardor; dazzle, brilliance; sprightliness, airiness, breeziness, buoyancy, cheer; ebullience, sparkle, effervescence; vigor, vim, It. brio, Inf. pep, vitality, energy; exuberance, enthusiasm, zeal, fervor, passion, intensity.

6. soul, animating principle, vital spirit, pneuma, breath of life, anima; universal life force, world spirit, life force, elan vital, Yoga. kundalini; moving force, dynamic force, lifeblood, Inf. sparkplug.

7. pungency, flavor, spark, Inf. punch, Inf. kick; freshness, vigor, vigorousness, dynamism; invigora-tion, enlivenment, vivification, exhilaration.

8. lifestyle, way of life, Sl. thing, Sl. bag; walk of life, field, province, sphere, position, situation; occupation, business, line, career.

9. passion, obsession, preoccupation, Sl. hang-up, infatuation; loved one, beloved, favorite, idol.

10. resilience, elasticity, spring, springiness, bounce; plasticity, ductility, malleability.

11. biography, autobiography; diary, journal, confessions, letters.