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".

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 "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.