Synonyms for Subsistence

Synonyms for "subsistence" (113 found)

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Closest matches (23)

abstemious accommodation accommodations aliment alimentation alimony ascetic austere bedbed and boardbeing boardboard and roombreadbread and buttercaredaily breaddiet dwarfed dwarfish

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economic support

Noun(1 words)

basic living

Adjective(1 words)

economic sustenance

Strong matches (34)

endowment ens entity esse essence exiguous existence facilities food frugal impoverished jejune keep lean lenten life limited livelihood living lodgings

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maintenance manna materiality meager mean meat miserly mothering

Noun(6 words)

hypostasislive onlivelihoodlivelihood systemlivingsmeans of support

Related words (56)

narrow niggardly nourishment nurture nutriment occurrence paltry parsimonious pension poor presenceprice supportprovision puny rations salt scant scanty scrawny scrimp

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Noun(2 words)

subsistence strategysustenance

Related word relations

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More general

15 entries

being beingnessbread and buttereconomic conditioneconomic systemendurance existenceface of the earthkeep livelihood livingproduction systemsupport survival sustenance

More specific

5 entries

agricultural subsistenceforaging subsistencepastoral subsistencesubsistence agriculturesubsistence farming

Collocations

6 entries

basic subsistencesubsistence agriculturesubsistence economysubsistence farmingsubsistence levelsubsistence wage

Inflections

1 entries

subsistences

Derivations

5 entries

subsist subsisted subsistent subsisting subsists

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The power of population is indefinitely greater than the power in the earth to produce subsistence for man.

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The subsistence farmer grew so little that there was no room for leftovers.

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Those hippies think they would enjoy subsistence farming, but they have no idea how much work it is.

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Subsistence farming is the dominant form of livelihood.

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Subsistence