| life | (noun) living things collectively | - |
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| (noun) animation and energy in action or expression | Synonyms: liveliness, spirit, sprightliness |
| (noun) the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities | Synonyms: living |
| (noun) an account of the series of events making up a person's life | Synonyms: biography, life history, life story |
| (noun) a motive for living | - |
| (noun) a living person | - |
| (noun) the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones | - |
| (noun) the condition of living or the state of being alive | Synonyms: aliveness, animation, living |
| (noun) a characteristic state or mode of living | - |
| (noun) the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living | - |
| (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, lifespan, lifetime |
| (noun) the period between birth and the present time | - |
| (noun) the period from the present until death | - |
| (noun) a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives | Synonyms: life sentence |
| lifeblood | (noun) an essential or life-giving force | - |
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| (noun) the blood considered as the seat of vitality | - |
| lifeboat | (noun) a strong sea boat designed to rescue people from a sinking ship | - |
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| lifeguard | (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifesaver |
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| lifehack | (verb) make one's day-to-day activities more efficient | - |
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| lifeless | (adjective) not having the capacity to support life | - |
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| (adjective) destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings | - |
| (adjective) lacking animation or excitement or activity | - |
| (adjective) deprived of life; no longer living | Synonyms: exanimate |
| lifelessly | (adverb) as if dead | Synonyms: deadly |
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| (adverb) without animation or vitality | - |
| (adverb) in a lifeless manner | - |
| lifelessness | (noun) not having life | Synonyms: inanimateness |
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| (noun) a state of no motion or movement | Synonyms: motionlessness, stillness |
| lifelike | (adjective) evoking lifelike images within the mind | Synonyms: graphic, pictorial, vivid |
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| (adjective) free from artificiality | Synonyms: natural |
| lifeline | (noun) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning | - |
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| (noun) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver | - |
| (noun) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection) | - |
| (noun) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live | Synonyms: life line, line of life |
| lifelong | (adjective) continuing through life | Synonyms: womb-to-tomb |
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| lifer | (noun) a prisoner serving a term of life imprisonment | - |
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| lifesaver | (noun) a life preserver in the form of a ring of buoyant material | Synonyms: life belt, life buoy, life ring |
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| (noun) an attendant employed at a beach or pool to protect swimmers from accidents | Synonyms: lifeguard |
| lifesaving | (noun) saving the lives of drowning persons | - |
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| lifesize | (adjective) being of the same size as an original | Synonyms: full-size, life-size, life-sized |
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| lifespan | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifetime |
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| lifestyle | (noun) a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes | Synonyms: life-style, life style, modus vivendi |
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| lifetime | (noun) the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death) | Synonyms: life-time, life, lifespan |
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| lifework | (noun) the principal work of your career | - |
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