live on

Verb

Meaning

continue to live and avoid dying

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

last live survive endure go hold out remain exist continue stay stand earn persist prevail abide

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Antonyms

die perish exterminate succumb pass away kick the bucket

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Hyponyms

stand up hold water hold up live out perennate

Examples

It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees! Emiliano Zapata

Society is like the air, necessary to breathe but insufficient to live on. George Santayana

Now that we have learned to fly the air like birds, swim under water like fish, we lack one thing - to learn to live on earth as human beings. George Bernard Shaw

If you live on the river, befriend the crocodile. Hindi Proverb

Wise men philosophize as the fools live on. Korean Proverb

Better to die than to live on with a bad reputation. Vietnamese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

live off others live off the fat of the land live off the land live on after live on air live on borrowed time