Synonyms for subsistence
səbˈsɪs tənssub·sis·tence

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1. subsistencenoun

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

2. subsistencenoun

   Real being; existence.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

3. subsistencenoun

   Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

4. subsistencenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

5. subsistencenoun

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

   Synonyms:
   sustenance

6. subsistencenoun

   Synonyms:
   hypostasis

Princeton's WordNet

1. subsistencenoun

   minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting

   "social security provided only a bare subsistence"

2. subsistencenoun

   a means of surviving

   "farming is a hard means of subsistence"

3. subsistencenoun

   the state of existing in reality; having substance

Matched Categories

1. • Being
   • Support
   • Survival

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. subsistencenoun

   Synonyms:
   real being

2. subsistencenoun

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

3. subsistencenoun

   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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How to use subsistence in a sentence?

1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt:

   No business which depends for its existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level--I mean the wages of decent living.

2. 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.

3. Black Hawk:

   The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon and cultivate as far as necessary for their subsistence; and so long as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the soil.”

4. Alexander Hamilton:

   In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.

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.