List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 227

SYNONYMS: living, alive, live, animate, animated, vital.
These adjectives mean possessed of or exhibiting life.

Living, alive, and live refer principally to organisms that are not dead but continue to live: living plants and animals; the happiest woman alive; a live canary.
Animate applies to living animals as distinct from living plant life: early peoples worshiping animate objects.
Animated . suggests renewed life, vigor, or spirit: became very animated when he heard the good news
Vital refers to what is characteristic of or necessary to the continuation of life: eating to maintain vital energy.