Synonyms for subsistence
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Noun
1. Livelihood
livelihood, sustenance, food, existence, living, meat, diet, nutriment, provision, support, bread, being, maintenance, aliment, nourishment
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Definitions
- n. 1
Real being; existence.
Related words
- Word family
- subsist
- Phrases
- subsistence level
Forms
- Plural
- subsistences → livelihoods, sustenances, foods, existences…
Example sentences
- meat Tom bought some expensive meat to cook for dinner.
- existence No one knows when this custom came into existence.
- livelihood The livelihood of the whole family was in danger.
- sustenance Giraffes rely on acacia leaves for sustenance.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| subsistence | falling | |
| meat | steady | |
| existence | steady | |
| livelihood | steady | |
| sustenance | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- food1, meat1, diet2
- 5 letters
- being2, bread1
- 6 letters
- living2
- 7 letters
- support2, aliment
- 9 letters
- existence3, provision3, nutriment
- 10 letters
- livelihood3, sustenance3, hypostasis
- 11 letters
- maintenance3, nourishment3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (diet2 = 2 syllables).