Synonyms for subsistence
səbˈsɪs təns

Princeton's WordNet

1. subsistence(noun)

   minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting

   "social security provided only a bare subsistence"

2. subsistence(noun)

   a means of surviving

   "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

3. subsistence(noun)

   the state of existing in reality; having substance

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1. subsistence(noun)

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

2. subsistence(noun)

   Real being; existence.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

3. subsistence(noun)

   Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

4. subsistence(noun)

   That which furnishes support to animal life; means of support; provisions, or that which produces provisions; livelihood; as, a meager subsistence.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

5. subsistence(noun)

   A person, specifically the person of Christ or of another part of the Trinity; hypostasis.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

6. subsistence(noun)

   Synonyms:
   hypostasis

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1. subsistence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   real being

2. subsistence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, viands, provision, victuals, meat, rations, grub, PROG, FEED, FORAGE

3. subsistence(n.)

   Synonyms:
   inherence

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1. List of paraphrases for "subsistence":

   livelihood, living, sustenance, residence, livelihoods, life, survival, stay, life-sustaining, cost-of-living, lives, residency

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1. Thomas Jefferson:

   We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty or profusion and servitude. If we run into such debt, as that we must be taxed in our meat and in our drink, in our necessaries and our comforts, in our labors and our amusements, for our calling and our creeds... [we will] have no time to think, no means of calling our miss-managers to account but be glad to obtain subsistence by hiring ourselves to rivet their chains on the necks of our fellow-sufferers... And this is the tendency of all human governments. A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for [another ]... till the bulk of society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery... And the fore-horse of this frightful team is public debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness and oppression.

2. Alexander Hamilton:

   Power over a man's subsistence amounts to power over his will.

3. Evan Schuurman:

   Food and water is the biggest issue in Vanuatu at the moment, so many people are subsistence farmers and entire crops have been lost.

4. Janice Schneider:

   The rules help ensure that any exploratory drilling operations in this highly challenging environment will be conducted in a safe and environmentally responsible manner, while protecting the marine, coastal, and human environments, and Alaska Natives’ cultural traditions and access to subsistence resources.

5. Emmanuel Macron:

   Look where we are on welfare. We plow a chunk of cash into subsistence benefits, and people are still poor. There's no way out. People who are born poor stay poor, i'll spell out where we're at, that we're piling too much dough into a welfare system that's focused on corrective treatment.

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