-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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Relevance

as in was

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

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Recent Examples of lived Accessibility app Snowball turns lived experiences into detailed data, letting users review businesses and other venues for their step-free access, accessible toilets, parking, seating, lighting, noise, and quiet spaces. — Lauryn Higgins, Time, 15 Oct. 2026 Invictibellatrix amberina lived around 120 million years ago, during the Early Cretaceous period. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 Most of the people who lived there for decades are no longer in the area. — Nathalie Marie Palacios, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 For years Phillip Tennent lived at the edge of the sea, where artefacts were washed up every day. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 The expat couple still lived a life of relative comfort, staying in a five-star hotel apartment at a Radisson in the city. — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2026 Since the dawn of time, the experts tell us, those who got ahead financially lived within their means, saved diligently and spent and invested carefully. — Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026 Jonathan Hanson, who lived at the home, also was arraigned on Tuesday and did not enter a plea, Sean Webby, a spokesman for the district attorney’s office, said in an email. — Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 Minnelli’s Sally Bowles lived loud and hard in the last days before Weimar Berlin fell to Adolf Hitler. — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for lived

Verb

There is this Indian fable of a king whose heart resided in a parrot.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026
The Avignon papacy of the 14th century, a period when several popes resided in what is now southern France, accelerated this evolution.

— Joëlle Rollo-Koster, The Conversation, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of resided

Verb

Comparisons between the Princess of Wales and Princess Rajwa have existed since the Jordanian royal's relationship with the Crown Prince became public.

— Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Oct. 2026
The technology and the control existed, but the evidence didn’t support the assumption.

— Scott Alldridge, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026