living space

1. 1.

   space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding

   Synonymslebensraum

   Broaderroom

Questions about living space

What does living space mean?

living space means "space sought for occupation by a nation whose population is expanding".

What is another word for living space?

Close synonyms include lebensraum. 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 living space a common word?

living space 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.