live up to

1. 1.

   meet the requirements or expectations of

   Synonymssatisfyfulfillfulfil

   Broaderfit

   Narrowersufficecover

Questions about live up to

What does live up to mean?

live up to means "meet the requirements or expectations of".

What is another word for live up to?

Close synonyms include satisfy, fulfill, fulfil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is live up to a common word?

live up to is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.