LIVED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

lived

verb

Definition of lived

past tense of live

as in resided

to have a home he lives next door to the hospital

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as in was

to have life Socrates was a philosopher who lived in ancient Greece

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Recent Examples of lived For many younger Cubans, Castro remains an icon, but his influence is less immediate for them than for older generations who lived under his leadership. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Rahe lived near the site on the edge of his native small town of Dyersville, with convenient access by way of a back road the Universal Studios crew had made just for the movie shoot. — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026 Had food and security been closer together, the grouse might have lived to strut on a drumming log in the spring. — Tom Huggler, Outdoor Life, 13 Aug. 2026 Some of the world’s most wealthy and successful leaders lived entire careers before becoming founders themselves—and there are some real upsides to launching later in life. — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 The man, 41, had lived at the home that housed the day care center with his wife, 41, and their daughter, 7, Johnson said in a second news conference in the afternoon. — Mike Snider, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026 Many Spaniards lived or even committed atrocities in the Civil War, suffering a collective guilt, Ruiz Capillas surmises. — John Hopewell, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026 The destruction of Solomon's Temple ushered in the Second Temple period, the era of Judaism in which Jesus lived and practiced. — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Baker was known to regale locals with the history of their own homes and the founding Monrovians who lived there before them. — Dakota Kim, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived

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In 2024, for example, the recall of former Mayor Sheng Thao was bankrolled almost exclusively by hundreds of thousands of dollars from hedge fund manager Philip Dreyfuss, who at the time resided in Piedmont.

— Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
In 1792, during the French Revolution, mobs in Paris attacked the Tuileries (TWEE’-luh-reez) Palace, where King Louis XVI resided.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026

Definition of resided

Verb

On the flip side, when there was a flood in the lobby, one creator, who happened to be there, posted on social media.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Despite Villa reaching their zenith under Emery in May, there was a growing argument to undergo a stable transitional phase, providing youthful impetus and appearing proactive, rather than reactive, in lowering the age of the squad.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Some of the smallest, reddest galaxies in the image existed when the universe was only about 800 million years old, turning one seemingly empty patch of sky into a window through cosmic history.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2026
That’s because readers bestow a special kind of life upon people who have existed only in books.

— Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026