life story

noun

An account of an individual's life.

“I wish this guy would stop giving me his life story and just buy me a drink.”

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Meanings

nounlife story (plural life stories)

plural life stories

  1. An account of an individual's life.
    1 more example

    Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway.

    1947 January and February, “Railway Literature”, in Railway Magazine, page 62
  2. broadlyfigurativelyA long and detailed monologue delivered to someone.

    I wish this guy would stop giving me his life story and just buy me a drink.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan account of the series of events making up a person's life

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biographylifelife history
Broader
historyaccountchronicle
Also see
autobiographybiographylifelife history

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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“life story.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20story. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “life story,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/life%20story.

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