Synonyms for livelihood
ˈlaɪv liˌhʊdliveli·hood

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1. livelihoodnoun

   Synonyms:
   subsistence, living

2. livelihoodnoun

   The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.

   Synonyms:
   living, subsistence

3. livelihoodnoun

   A person's means of supporting himself.

   Synonyms:
   living, subsistence

4. livelihoodnoun

   Property which brings in an income; an estate.

   Synonyms:
   living, subsistence

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1. livelihood

   Synonyms:
   maintenance, support, living, substance, sustenance

   Antonyms:
   privation, starvation, want, inanition, beggary

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1. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenancenoun

   the financial means whereby one lives

   "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"

   Synonyms:
   support, backup, supporting, reinforcement, sustainment, backing, funding, nutrition, nutriment, financial support, keep, accompaniment, alimentation, reenforcement, victuals, life, bread and butter, hold, dungeon, musical accompaniment, maintenance, aliment, sustenance, animation, donjon, sustentation, living, upkeep, financial backing, documentation, nourishment, aliveness

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1. List of paraphrases for "livelihood":

   livelihoods, subsistence, sustenance, living, life, minsheng, survival, existence

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How to use livelihood in a sentence?

1. Paul Rhode:

   We need to keep the locks running, a lot of people are dependent on the rivers for their livelihood.

2. Prabindra Shakya:

   Investors and the government see hydropower as the only way to development and economic growth, but that growth is coming at the cost of poor, indigenous communities with no other livelihood options.

3. Jon Holden:

   This is one more example of how Jim McNerney operated during his years as Boeing's CEO - threatening the livelihood of his employees and jeopardizing the communities they live in in order to get what he wants. Enough is enough. It is time for him to go.

4. Proverb:

   The spouse of a woman is a man; the spouse of a man is his livelihood

5. Ronit Lupu:

   This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.