Synonyms for life

noun

1. The fact or act of living

   being, entity, growth, animation, animate existence, endurance, survival, presence, living, consciousness, subsistence, symbiosis, breath, continuance, flesh and blood, animateness, viability, substantiality, mortal being, reproduction, metabolism, vitality, vital spark; see also experience 1.

   Antonyms death*, discontinuance, nonexistence.

2. The sum of one's experiences

   life experience, conduct, behavior, way of life, reaction, response, participation, tide of events, circumstances, unhappiness, realization, knowledge, enlightenment, attainment, development, growth, personality; see also world 1.

3. A biography

   life story, memoir, memorial; see biography, journal 1, story.

4. Duration

   lifetime, one's natural life, longevity, actuarial expectancy, period of existence, duration of life, endurance, continuance, span, history, career, course, era, epoch, century, decade, days, generation, time, day, period, life span, season, cycle, record, one's born days*; see also extent, length 3.

5. One who promotes gaiety

   life-giver, spirit, animator, entertainer, invigorator, life of the party*, master of ceremonies*; see also host 1, hostess 1, 3.

6. Vital spirit

   vital force, vital principle, lifeblood, élan vital (French); see enthusiasm 1, excitement.

as large (<strong><em>or</em> </strong>big) as life

bring to life

come to life

for dear life*

for life

for the life of me*

from life

matter of life and death

not on your life*

see life

take a life

take one's own life

true to life