1. insurance
noun. ['ˌɪnˈʃʊrəns'] promise of reimbursement in the case of loss; paid to people or companies so concerned about hazards that they have made prepayments to an insurance company.
Synonyms
- business interruption insurance
- life assurance
- health insurance
- term insurance
- reinsurance
- hazard insurance
- assurance
- car insurance
- group insurance
- liability insurance
- coinsurance
- fire insurance
- automobile insurance
- protection
- malpractice insurance
- self-insurance
- security
Antonyms
- insecurity
- unlisted security
- listed security
- insecureness
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Words that Rhyme with Life Insurance
- reinsurance
- reassurance
- assurance
- durrance
Example sentences of the word life-insurance
1. Noun Phrase
You should understand that a life insurance policy is a long-term contract.
2. Noun Phrase
Typically, life insurance death claims are not filed the day that the insured passed away.
3. Noun Phrase
Interest generated by life insurance payouts are typically subject to federal income tax.
4. Noun Phrase
Taxpayer A’s father had a $100,000 life insurance policy against his life.
Quotes containing the word life-insurance
1. I could never work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who'd just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. But I could never quite feature the two of them living in the same house. You wind up walking on eggshells, never knowing which... is at home at the moment* work out whether we were to view religion as a life-insurance policy or a life sentence. I can understand a wrathful God who'd just as soon dangle us all from a hook. And I can understand a tender, unprejudiced Jesus. But I could never quite feature the two of them living in the same house. You wind up walking on eggshells, never knowing which... is at home at the moment.
*- Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible
2. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities.
Synonyms
- experience
Antonyms
- strength
- heaviness
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
3. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] a characteristic state or mode of living.
Synonyms
- existence
- being
- ghetto
Antonyms
- nonexistence
- youngness
- majority
- minority
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
4. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living.
Synonyms
- beingness
- being
Antonyms
- nonexistence
- oldness
- mature
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
5. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] the condition of living or the state of being alive.
Synonyms
- alive
- live
- animation
- beingness
- survival
- existence
- life eternal
- aliveness
- being
- eternal life
- living
- skin
- dead
Antonyms
- dead
- nonexistence
- alive
- old
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
6. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death).
Synonyms
- dying
- birth
- life-time
- afterlife
- demise
- lifetime
- eld
- lifespan
- hereafter
- time of life
- period of time
- period
- time period
- death
Antonyms
- death
- rejuvenate
- middle
- beginning
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
7. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] the period between birth and the present time.
Synonyms
- period of time
- period
- time period
Antonyms
- uneager
- end
- stillbirth
- past
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
8. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] a living person.
Synonyms
- someone
- soul
- person
- individual
- somebody
Antonyms
- happiness
- courage
- cowardice
- deaden
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
9. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] living things collectively.
Synonyms
- living thing
- wildlife
Antonyms
- inactiveness
- spiritless
- inelegance
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))
10. life
noun. ['ˈlaɪf'] animation and energy in action or expression.
Synonyms
- elan
- alacrity
- animation
- liveliness
- delicacy
- peppiness
- vigour
- buoyancy
- lively
- exuberance
- energy
- esprit
- jauntiness
- vivification
- ebullience
- brio
- spirit
- invigoration
- enthusiasm
- vigor
- high-spiritedness
- pertness
- vim
- pep
- ginger
- irrepressibility
- briskness
- breeziness
- sprightliness
- muscularity
- smartness
- airiness
Antonyms
- inanimateness
- inactivity
- tactlessness
- largeness
Etymology
- lif (Middle English (1100-1500))