Meaning of 'living'

adjective

absolute, total

Example: "I am a living doll."

adjective

still in active use

Example: "a living language"

adjective

still in existence

Example: "the Wollemi pine found in Australia is a surviving specimen of a conifer thought to have been long extinct and therefore known as a living fossil"

Synonyms: extant surviving

adjective

true to life

adjective

pertaining to living persons

Example: "within living memory"

noun

the experience of being alive

Synonyms: life

noun

people who are still living

Example: "save your pity for the living"

noun

the financial means whereby one lives

Synonyms: support

noun

the condition of living or the state of being alive

Synonyms: life

adjective

(used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place