[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alive \alive"\, a. oe. on live, as. on limacfe in life;
   limacfe being dat. of limacf life. see life, and cf.
   live, a.
   1. having life, in opposition to dead; living; being in a
      state in which the organs perform their functions; as, an
      animal or a plant which is alive.
      1913 webster

   2. in a state of action; in force or operation;
      unextinguished; unexpired; existent; as, to keep the fire
      alive; to keep the affections alive.
      1913 webster

   3. exhibiting the activity and motion of many living beings;
      swarming; thronged.
      1913 webster

            the boyne, for a quarter of a mile, was alive with
            muskets and green boughs.             --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   4. sprightly; lively; brisk. --richardson.
      1913 webster

   5. having susceptibility; easily impressed; having lively
      feelings, as opposed to apathy; sensitive.
      1913 webster

            tremblingly alive to nature's laws.   --falconer.
      1913 webster

   6. of all living by way of emphasis.
      1913 webster

            northumberland was the proudest man alive.
                                                  --clarendon.
      1913 webster

   note: used colloquially as an intensive; as, man alive
         1913 webster

   note: alive always follows the noun which it qualifies.
         1913 webster
see also:
life live 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alive
     adj 1: possessing life; "the happiest person alive"; "the nerve is
            alive"; "doctors are working hard to keep him alive";
            "burned alive" syn: alivep ant: dead
     2: often followed by `with' full of life and spirit; "she was
        wonderfully alive for her age"; "a face alive with
        mischief" syn: alivep
     3: having life or vigor or spirit; "an animated and expressive
        face"; "animated conversation"; "became very animated when
        he heard the good news" syn: animated ant: unanimated
     4: followed by `to' or `of' aware of; "is alive to the moods
        of others" syn: alivep
     5: in operation; "keep hope alive"; "the tradition was still
        alive"; "an active tradition" syn: active, alivep
     6: usually followed by `to' showing acute awareness; mentally
        perceptive; "alert to the problems"; "alive to what is
        going on"; "awake to the dangers of her situation"; "was
        now awake to the reality of his predicament" syn: alert,
         alivep, awakep
     7: capable of erupting; "a live volcano"; "the volcano is very
        much alive" syn: alivep, livea
see also:
alivep dead animated unanimated active alert 
awakep livea 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

157 moby thesaurus words for "alive":
   abounding, aboveground, active, activist, activistic, agile, alert,
   alive and kicking, alive to, alive with, among the living, animate,
   animated, apprehensive, around, astir, attentive, au courant,
   awake, aware of, bouncing, bouncy, breathing, breezy, bright,
   brisk, bristling, bubbly, bursting, bustling, buzzing,
   capable of life, chipper, clear-sighted, clear-witted, clearheaded,
   cognizant, cognizant of, conscious, conscious of, crawling,
   crowded, crowding, dynamic, ebullient, effervescent, eidetic,
   endowed with life, enduring, energetic, enlivened, existent,
   existing, filled, flush, fresh, frisky, full, full of go,
   full of life, full of pep, functioning, green, humming,
   in profusion, in the flesh, inspirited, instinct with life,
   intelligent, jam-packed, jammed, jumping, keen,
   kept in remembrance, knowing, lasting, lavish, live, lively,
   living, long-lived, lousy, mercurial, militant, nimble, on the,
   on the alert, on the ball, on the job, operative, overflowing,
   packed, peppy, perky, pert, populous, prodigal, profuse,
   proliferating, prolific, prompt, qui vive, quick, quick-witted,
   quicksilver, ready, recalled, recollected, remembered, replete,
   retained, rife, running, sensible, sensitive to, sentient, sharp,
   sleepless, smacking, smart, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly,
   spry, studded, superabundant, swarming, teeming, tenacious of life,
   thick, thick as hail, thick with, thick-coming, thronged,
   thronging, unblinking, unforgotten, unnodding, unsleeping,
   unwinking, verdant, very much alive, viable, vigilant, vigorous,
   vital, vivacious, vivid, vivified, wakeful, watchful, wide-awake,
   witting, working, zingy, zoetic

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