The meaning of ALIVE is having life : not dead or inanimate. How to use alive in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Alive.

Idiom alive and well (Definition of alive from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

1. living; existing; not dead or lifeless. 2. living (used for emphasis): the proudest person alive. 3. in force or operation; active: to keep hope alive. 4. full of energy and spirit; lively. 5. having the quality of life; …

If people or animals are alive, they are not dead. She does not know if he is alive or dead. They kept her alive on a life support machine.

in existence; active: they kept hope alive, the tradition was still alive (immediately postpositive and usually used with a superlative) of those living; now living: the happiest woman alive

ALIVE definition: having life; living; existing; not dead or lifeless. See examples of alive used in a sentence.

If you're alive, you're living — in other words, you're not dead. If your apple tree blooms in the spring, you'll know it's still alive after the long, cold winter. Living things are alive — people, animals, plants …

Recovering from his illness has made him more alive to the beauty of life. We need to be alive [= sensitive] to new opportunities for our business to grow.

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Some common synonyms of alive are awake, aware, cognizant, conscious, and sensible. While all these words mean "having knowledge of something," alive adds to sensible the implication of acute …