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Synonyms for livelihood
ˈlaɪv liˌhʊdliveli·hood
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Wiktionary
livelihoodnoun
Synonyms:
subsistence, livinglivelihoodnoun
The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
Synonyms:
living, subsistencelivelihoodnoun
A person's means of supporting himself.
Synonyms:
living, subsistencelivelihoodnoun
Property which brings in an income; an estate.
Synonyms:
living, subsistence
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
livelihood
Synonyms:
maintenance, support, living, substance, sustenanceAntonyms:
privation, starvation, want, inanition, beggary
Princeton's WordNet
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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List of paraphrases for "livelihood":
livelihoods, subsistence, sustenance, living, life, minsheng, survival, existence
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#148 | support | |
#200 | life | |
#656 | keep | |
#742 | living | |
#1275 | hold | |
#1588 | maintenance | |
#1729 | funding | |
#1876 | documentation | |
#2755 | nutrition | |
#3116 | backup | |
#3130 | supporting | |
#4124 | animation | |
#4308 | substance | |
#4375 | existence | |
#4736 | survival | |
#9580 | backing | |
#14799 | dungeon | |
#16895 | reinforcement | |
#20225 | accompaniment | |
#20379 | subsistence | |
#23358 | livelihood | |
#27056 | livelihoods | |
#38470 | upkeep | |
#38674 | nourishment | |
#46056 | sustenance | |
#61398 | alimentation | |
#67940 | sustainment | |
#126039 | victuals | |
#135554 | aliment | |
#172500 | donjon | |
#174148 | aliveness | |
#204750 | nutriment | |
#279389 | minsheng |
How to use livelihood in a sentence?
We need to keep the locks running, a lot of people are dependent on the rivers for their livelihood.
I should rather labor as another's serf, in the home of a man without fortune, one whose livelihood was meager, than rule over all the departed dead.
Once this event is over, we're probably going to have significant property damage to infrastructure including train tracks, roadways and utility poles as well as loss of livestock, which is the livelihood of these farmers and ranchers.
I think things come to an end and it has been a good run. I don't think we'll be on [ OnlyFans ] for much longer, a lot of guys on the internet — trolls or whatever — are making fun of [ the news ] but they don't understand that this is people's literal livelihood. [ People are ] making six figures and paying federal income taxes off this money.
In the traditional African setting, when the husband dies, the wife is as vulnerable as the child, so, we created the widows program and give them livelihood skills such as tailoring,( jewelry) making, and then a host of other activities.
Translations for livelihood
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- رزقArabic
- živobytí, obživaCzech
- levebrødDanish
- Lebensgrundlage, Lebensunterhalt, AuskommenGerman
- sustentoSpanish
- toimeentulo, elinkeinoFinnish
- útkoma, lívsbreyð, lívsuppihaldFaroese
- gagne-pain, subsistanceFrench
- lifibrauð, viðurværiIcelandic
- 生計Japanese
- oranga whakangakauMāori
- livsopphold, utkommeNorwegian
- levensonderhoudDutch
- livsopphald, utkomeNorwegian Nynorsk
- bee hinishnáaniiNavajo, Navaho
- sustento, ganha-pãoPortuguese
- [[средствоRussian
- levebrödSwedish
- 生计Chinese
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