life-changing

adjective

life-chang·​ing ˈlīf-ˌchān-jiŋ 

: having or capable of having a significant impact on someone's life

a life-changing career opportunity

a life-changing injury

… in 1986 he took a year off to travel. The experience was life-changing and led to his 1991 decision to pursue writing full-time.

—Carolyn Hart

(humorous) Made with fresh carrots, pineapple, a blend of warm spices and a homemade brown butter cream cheese frosting, this carrot cake recipe is life-changing …

—Jocelyn Delk Adams

Examples of life-changing in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

One person could win a life-changing amount of money. —Nick Lunemann, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2025

The life-changing award isn’t the only big lottery news coming out of Texas. —Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025

Keep scrolling for more life-changing organizing solutions for your closets. —Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Dec. 2025

Hurdles before ‘life-changing’ bikes The application was online and, Sala and Emery recalled, fairly complicated. —Hannah Ruhoff, Sacbee.com, 17 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1747, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for life-changing

• interchanging
• rearranging
• arranging
• exchanging
• unchanging
• changing
• ranging