- An individual animal, plant, etc. - Any living animal or plant - Living thing - Organic structure; organization. - An organized being; a living body, either vegetable or
animal, compozed of different organs or parts with functions which are
separate, but mutually dependent, and essential to the life of the
individual.
- Energy - Existence - Liveliness - Spirit - Vitality - The state of being which begins with generation, birth, or
germination, and ends with death; also, the time during which this
state continues; that state of an animal or plant in which all or any
of its organs are capable of performing all or any of their functions;
-- used of all animal and vegetable organisms. - Of human beings: The union of the soul and body; also, the
duration of their union; sometimes, the deathless quality or existence
of the soul; as, man is a creature having an immortal life.
- Act of continuing to live or exist - Existence - Persistence of the fittest according to Darwin? - A living or continuing longer than, or beyond the
existence of, another person, thing, or event; an outliving. - Any habit, usage, or belief, remaining from ancient
times, the origin of which is often unknown, or imperfectly known.
- Being - Human being - In the flesh, in ... - Living soul for each male offspring - A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or
manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in
literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character. - The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance;
as, of comely person. - A living, self-conscious being, as distinct from an animal
or a thing; a moral agent; a human being; a man, woman, or child.