Phrase guide

standard of living

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The level of income, comforts and services available to an individual, community or society.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: living standard

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country
  • the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: standard of life

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: degree, level, stage, point

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُسْتَوَى اَلْمَعِيشَة (mustawā l-maʕīša) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Armenian: կենսամակարդակ (kensamakardak) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生活水平 (shēnghuó shuǐpíng) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生活標準 /生活标准 (shēnghuó biāozhǔn) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Czech: životní úroveň — relative measure of quality of life
  • Danish: levestandard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Danish: levefod — relative measure of quality of life
  • Dutch: levensstandaard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Dutch: welvaartspeil — relative measure of quality of life
  • Esperanto: vivnivelo — relative measure of quality of life
  • Finnish: elintaso — relative measure of quality of life
  • French: niveau de vie — relative measure of quality of life
  • German: Lebensstandard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Greek: βιοτικό επίπεδο (viotikó epípedo) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Hungarian: életszínvonal — relative measure of quality of life
  • Japanese: 生活水準 (seikatsu suijun) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Kazakh: тұрмыс деңгейі (tūrmys deñgeiı) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Korean: 생활 표준 (saenghwal pyojun) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Northern Kurdish: mihyara debarê — relative measure of quality of life
  • Latin: cultus vitae — relative measure of quality of life
  • Māori: paerewa noho — relative measure of quality of life
  • Norwegian Bokmål: levestandard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: levestandard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Polish: stopa życiowa — relative measure of quality of life
  • Portuguese: padrão de vida — relative measure of quality of life
  • Romanian: nivel de trai — relative measure of quality of life
  • Romanian: standard de viață — relative measure of quality of life
  • Russian: у́ровень жи́зни (úrovenʹ žízni) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Russian: жи́зненный у́ровень (žíznennyj úrovenʹ) — relative measure of quality of life
  • Slovak: životná úroveň — relative measure of quality of life
  • Swahili: kiwango cha maisha — relative measure of quality of life
  • Swedish: levnadsstandard — relative measure of quality of life
  • Tagalog: pamantayan ng pamumuhay — relative measure of quality of life
  • Turkish: hayat standardı — relative measure of quality of life
  • Turkish: yaşam standardı — relative measure of quality of life
  • Vietnamese: mức sống — relative measure of quality of life