ALIVENESS Synonyms

• cheerfulness that bubbles to the surface

• the property of something weightless and insubstantial

• the tendency to float in water or other liquid

• irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

• any of the various theories or doctrines or philosophical systems that attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe in terms of some immanent force or energy

• active strength of body or mind

• the activeness of an energetic personality

• the federal department responsible for maintaining a national energy policy of the United States; created in 1977

• (physics) a thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the capacity of a physical system to do work; the units of energy are joules or ergs

• forceful exertion

• enterprising or ambitious drive

• an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• any source of usable power

• a feeling of excitement

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• a lively interest

• joyful enthusiasm

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• feelings of great warmth and intensity

• the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

• general activity and motion

• animation and energy in action or expression

• a momentary flash of light

• Scottish writer of satirical novels (born in 1918)

• merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger

• a small fragment of a burning substance thrown out by burning material or by friction

• put in motion or move to act

• emit or produce sparks

• animation and energy in action or expression

• an energetic style

• an energetic style

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

• the property of being able to survive and grow

• characterized by high spirits and animation

• vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment

• a tart spicy quality

• add herbs or spices to

• the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life

• a characteristic state or mode of living

• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

• the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

• the period between birth and the present time

• the period from the present until death

• a living person

• animation and energy in action or expression

• living things collectively

• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

• an account of the series of events making up a person's life

• a motive for living

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

• the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life

• pertaining to living persons

• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

• people who are still living

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the financial means whereby one lives

• true to life; lifelike

• (informal) absolute

• still in existence

• still in active use

• (used of minerals or stone) in its natural state and place; not mined or quarried