(a.) Having being or existence; existing; being; occurring now; taking place.

aboveground actual alive alive and kicking among the living animate animated around as is being breathing capable of life conscious contemporaneous contemporary current endowed with life enlivened existence existing extant fresh immanent immediate in being in effect in existence in force in the flesh individual inspirited instant instinct with life latest live living long-lived modern new on foot present present-age present-day present-time prevalent quick running something subsistent subsisting tenacious of life that be that is thing topical under the sun up-to-date up-to-the-minute very much alive viable vital vivified zoetic