Formative years
Life and formative years are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Life" instead a noun phrase "Formative years".
Life
Life noun - A history of a person's life.
Formative years and life are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Formative years" instead a noun "Life".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Gillian Anderson spent some of her formative years in England and slips into a British accent easily in real life, while David Duchovny has lived all his life in the States.
Source: We All Live in America -
Based somewhat on Cash's real life, it follows him through his formative years as he loses his brother to a sawmill accident, and then joins the Air Force.
Source: Film / Walk the Line -
After her early life on a Phyrexian plane was cut short by her Planeswalker's Spark igniting, she spent her formative years as a knight in training on Bant, until she left after the Conflux wars.
Source: Chronic Hero Syndrome
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Life and Formative years. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/formative_years/life
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