life-style

Questions about life-style

What does life-style mean?

life-style means "a manner of living that reflects the person's values and attitudes".

How many syllables are in life-style?

life-style has 4 syllables and divides as li-fe--sty-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for life-style?

Close synonyms include life style, lifestyle, modus vivendi. 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 life-style a common word?

life-style is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.