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living thing

living thing noun: an entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.

Noun

living thing (plural living things)

  1. An entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.
    Synonyms:
    organism, being, biont

living thing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Gujarati

living thing in Hindi

something living
प्राणी prāṇī, जीव jīv

living thing in Kannada

a living thing
ಜೀವ jīva
living thing, living being
ಜೀವನ jīvana

living thing in Gujarati

living thing
પ્રાણી prāṇī
More languagesFewer languages
living thing in Sanskrit
जङ्गम jaṅgama
living thing in Tagalog
katubaghay
living thing in Indonesian
makhluk hidup

Synonyms of living thing

Forms of living thing

pluralliving things

Questions about living thing

What does living thing mean?
Living thing means an entity such as an animal, a plant, a fungus or a microorganism; something that lives, as opposed to being non-living or dead.
What is living thing in Hindi?
Living thing in Hindi is प्राणी (prāṇī), जीव (jīv). See Living thing meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is living thing?
Living thing is a noun.
What is the plural of living thing?
The plural of living thing is living things.

Words near living thing in the dictionary

  1. living stone
  2. living street
  3. living streets
  4. living tally
  5. living the dream
  6. living thing
  7. living things
  8. living through
  9. living tissue
  10. living tissues
  11. living to fight another day

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Adapted from Wiktionary: living thing (page history and authors); living thing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಜೀವ (Kannada) (page history and authors); પ્રાણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); जङ्गम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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