Titanium alloys have a wide range of applications in aerospace and biomedical field.However,titanium alloys are typical difficulttocut metal.The lubrication problems during cutting process are the key to restricting efficiency and quality of titanium alloys and have not been solved well.The research status of titanium alloy lubrication during cutting process was introduced from three aspects,such as tribological problems,lubrication additives and waterbased lubrication in titanium alloy cutting.Based on the waterbased lubrication which is expected to be used in titanium alloy cutting,the development trend of titanium alloy lubrication was discussed from two aspects,minimum quantity lubrication and nanofluids with nanoparticles.It is concluded that developing waterbased lubrication systems for titanium alloys is an effective and environmentallyfriendly way to improve the cutting performance of titanium alloys.