lifeline

Nouns

  • (n) a crease on the palm; its length is said by palmists to indicate how long you will live life line, line of life,
  • (n) support that enables people to survive or to continue doing something (often by providing an essential connection)
    • the airlift provided a lifeline for Berlin
    • she offered me a lifeline in my time of grief
  • (n) line that raises or lowers a deep-sea diver
  • (n) line thrown from a vessel that people can cling to in order to save themselves from drowning

Synonyms

life line line of life

Words of close approximity

lifelike