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Synonyms for livelihood
ˈlaɪv liˌhʊd

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance(noun)

    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

Wiktionary

  1. livelihood(noun)

    Synonyms:
    subsistence, living

  2. livelihood(noun)

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

    Synonyms:
    living, subsistence

  3. livelihood(noun)

    A person's means of supporting himself.

    Synonyms:
    living, subsistence

  4. livelihood(noun)

    Property which brings in an income; an estate.

    Synonyms:
    living, subsistence

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms

  1. livelihood

    Synonyms:
    maintenance, support, living, substance, sustenance

    Antonyms:
    privation, starvation, want, inanition, beggary

PPDB, the paraphrase database

  1. List of paraphrases:

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

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