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be the life and soul of


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life
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Sense: Noun: fact or act of living
Synonyms:
living Collocations, being Collocations, consciousness Collocations, animation, animate existence, existence Collocations, organism
Antonyms:
death Collocations, demise Collocations, passing away, nonexistence, extinction, obliteration, unconsciousness, lifelessness, fate Collocations, mortality, nothingness, paralysis, limpness, sloth Collocations, inactivity, curtains (slang)
Sense: Noun: person's lifetime
Synonyms:
lifetime Collocations, time on Earth, time Collocations, days, time in this world, life span, natural life, duration of life
Sense: Noun: duration of things
Synonyms:
duration Collocations, lifetime Collocations, useful life, time Collocations, period of existence, days, run Collocations, life span, duration of life
Antonyms:
expiry, expiration date, dying days, discontinuation, afterlife, end Collocations, death Collocations
Sense: Noun: strength
Synonyms:
strength Collocations, energy Collocations, spunk (US, informal), get-up-and-go (informal), vigor, vigour (UK), vitality, pep (informal), bounce Collocations, drive Collocations, gusto, moxie (US, slang), longevity, spirit Collocations
Sense: Noun: customs of a region
Synonyms:
civilization, civilisation (UK), way of life, lifestyle Collocations, culture Collocations, society Collocations, customs, traditions
Sense: Noun: lively person - preceded by 'the'
Synonyms:
the life of the party, the life and soul of the party, the life and soul, heart and soul, heart Collocations, spirit Collocations, center Collocations, centre (UK)
Antonyms:
killjoy, party pooper, misery Collocations, spoilsport, grouch, wet blanket, sourpuss, drag Collocations, cynic, merchant of doom, naysayer, moaner, stick-in-the-mud, whiner
Sense: Noun: biography
Synonyms:
biography, life story, memoir, bio (informal), story Collocations, career Collocations, biopic (informal)
Antonyms:
fiction Collocations, work of fiction, fiction book, obituary
Sense: Noun: vital spirit
Synonyms:
life force, vital force, vital principle, lifeblood
Antonyms:
dampener, coward Collocations, straggler, underachiever, laziness, idleness, lethargy, decay Collocations
Sense: Noun: person or other living being
Synonyms:
soul Collocations, person Collocations, human Collocations, victim Collocations, human being, living being, creature Collocations, living creature


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