living

living [liv-ing] SynonymsWord Origin adjective

1. having life; being alive; not dead: living persons.
2. in actual existence or use; extant: living languages.
3. active or thriving; vigorous; strong: a living faith.
4. burning or glowing, as a coal.
5. flowing freely, as water.
6. pertaining to, suitable for, or sufficient for existence or subsistence: living conditions; a living wage.
7. of or relating to living persons: within living memory.
8. lifelike; true to life, as a picture or narrative.
9. in its natural state and place; not uprooted, changed, etc.: living rock.
10. Informal. very; absolute (used as an intensifier): You scared the living daylights out of me! He’s making her life a living hell.

noun

11. the act or condition of a person or thing that lives: Living is very expensive these days.
12. the means of maintaining life; livelihood: to earn one’s living.
13. a particular manner, state, or status of life: luxurious living.
14. (used with a plural verb) living persons collectively (usually preceded by the): glad to be among the living.
15. British. the benefice of a clergyman.

Origin of living before 900; (adj.) Middle English lyvyng(e); replacing earlier liviende, Old English lifgende (see live1, -ing2); (noun) Middle English living(e) (see -ing1)Related formsliv·ing·ly, adverbliv·ing·ness, nounnon·liv·ing, adjective, nounqua·si-liv·ing, adjectiveun·liv·ing, adjectiveSynonyms for living 1. live, quick. 2. existing, surviving. 3. lively, flourishing. 12. sustenance, subsistence. Synonym study 12. Living, livelihood, maintenance, support refer, directly or indirectly, to what is earned or spent for subsistence. Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one’s living; to seek one’s livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of trapping foxes. Maintenance and support refer usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance or support of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate. Antonyms for living 1. dead. British Dictionary definitions for living daylights living adjective

1. 1. possessing life; not dead
   2. (as collective noun preceded by the)the living
2. having the characteristics of life (used esp to distinguish organisms from nonliving matter)
3. currently in use or validliving language
4. seeming to be reala living image
5. (of animals or plants) existing in the present age; extantCompare extinct (def. 1)
6. geology another word for live 2 (def. 15)
7. presented by actors before a live audienceliving theatre
8. (prenominal) (intensifier)the living daylights

noun

9. the condition of being alive
10. the manner in which one conducts one’s lifefast living
11. the means, esp the financial means, whereby one lives
12. Church of England another term for benefice
13. (modifier) of, involving, or characteristic of everyday lifeliving area
14. (modifier) of or involving those now alive (esp in the phrase living memory)

Word Origin and History for living daylights living adj.

“alive,” also “residing, staying,” c.1200, from present participle of live (v.)).

living n.

“living persons,” late Old English; early 14c. as “the fact of dwelling in some place,” from Old English lifiende “that lives or has life,” present participle of lifan (see live (v.)). The meaning “action, process, or method of gaining one’s livelihood” is attested from c.1400.

Idioms and Phrases with living daylights living daylights

see beat the living daylights.