life story
One's complete narrative
A life story is the narrative of a person's entire existence, from birth to the present or death.
It encompasses the significant events, relationships, and experiences that shape someone's identity.
The phrase often implies comprehensiveness: She told me her whole life story on the first date.
Sometimes used with mild exasperation when someone shares more detail than requested.
Written personal recollection
- chronicleOrdered historical record
- sagaExtended heroic narrative
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
- accountRecord of dealings
testimony · confession · recollection · retrospective · anecdote · tale · narrative · memoirs
What's passed down
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
origins · family history · bloodline · heritage · background · forebears · descendants · inheritance
Ordered display of events
- achievementsCompleted goals worth noting
- highlightsNotable moments emphasized
- turning pointsDecisive shifts in direction
- chaptersMain divisions of text
experiences · career · education · accomplishments · firsts · transitions · breakthroughs · setbacks
memoir
Written personal recollection
account · testimony · confession · recollection · retrospective · anecdote · tale · narrative · memoirs · oral history
legacy
What's passed down
roots · origins · family history · bloodline · heritage · background · forebears · descendants · inheritance · tradition
timeline
Ordered display of events
- achievementsCompleted goals worth noting
- highlightsNotable moments emphasized
- turning pointsDecisive shifts in direction
chapters · experiences · career · education · accomplishments · firsts · transitions · breakthroughs · setbacks · pivotal moments
- biographybirth, death date, birthplace, personal narrative, obituary
- "life" phraseslifeblood, nightlife, wildlife, lowlife, highlife
- biography termsmemoir, profile, personal history, character sketch, personal narrative
- personal narrativesmemoir, personal history, personal accounts, diary, anecdote
- life journeysself-discovery, healing, growth, transformation, recovery
- artist biographypainter, sculptor, photographer, early years, influences
life storymoment
Brief period of time
snapshot · anecdote · incident · vignette · fleeting moment
life, story, lively, alive, biography, lifelong, livelihood, lifelike, lifeline