SUBSISTENCE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SUBSISTENCE?

Need another word that means the same as “subsistence”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “subsistence” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Subsistence” are: maintenance, keep, upkeep, support, livelihood, living, board, board and lodging, survival, existence, life

Subsistence as a Noun

Definitions of "Subsistence" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “subsistence” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The means of maintaining or supporting oneself.
• The state of remaining in force or effect.
• Denoting or relating to production at a level sufficient only for one's own use or consumption, without any surplus for trade.
• The state of existing in reality; having substance.
• The action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself, especially at a minimal level.
• A means of surviving.
• Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting.

Synonyms of "Subsistence" as a noun (11 Words)

board	A flat portable surface usually rectangular designed for board games. A board meeting.
board and lodging	A flat portable surface (usually rectangular) designed for board games.
existence	The fact or state of living or having objective reality. He believed in the essential unity of all existence.
keep	The cost of the essentials for living. If from shepherd s keep a lamb strayed far.
life	A sentence of imprisonment for life. Real life.
livelihood	The financial means whereby one lives. People whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest.
living	People who are still living. He was offered the living of St Katherine s.
maintenance	Means of maintenance of a family or group. Unlike champerty criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit.
support	Supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation. The policy found little public support.
survival	The state or fact of continuing to live or exist, typically in spite of an accident, ordeal, or difficult circumstances. His shorts were a survival from his army days.
upkeep	The process of keeping something in good condition. Payments for the children s upkeep.

Usage Examples of "Subsistence" as a noun

• The garden provided not only subsistence but a little cash crop.
• The minimum income needed for subsistence.
• Subsistence agriculture.
• Farming is a hard means of subsistence.
• Rights of occupation normally only continue during the subsistence of the marriage.
• Social security provided only a bare subsistence.

Associations of "Subsistence" (30 Words)

agricultural	Relating to or used in or promoting agriculture or farming. Agricultural land.
agriculture	A large-scale farming enterprise.
bear	Bring forth. I can t bear caviar.
bolster	Prop up with a pillow or bolster. They bolstered the seats for a more comfortable ride.
existence	Continued survival. He believed in the essential unity of all existence.
farmer	An expert on cooking whose cookbook has undergone many editions (1857-1915.
farmhouse	House for a farmer and family. A farmhouse kitchen.
harvest	Gather a crop as a harvest. A poor harvest.
hold	Have room for hold without crowding. He ordered a hold in the action.
keep	Look after be the keeper of have charge of. Our grant has run out and we cannot keep you on.
life	A sentence of imprisonment for life. Life depends on many chemical and physical processes.
live	Lead a certain kind of life live in a certain style. A lively tennis ball.
livelihood	A means of securing the necessities of life. People whose livelihoods depend on the rainforest.
maintenance	Means of maintenance of a family or group. A chance of going to university with fees and maintenance paid.
meager	Deficient in amount or quality or extent. Meager fare.
nourishment	The act of nourishing. Tubers from which plants obtain nourishment.
nutriment	Nourishment; sustenance. The bees reprocess the food and extract the last particle of nutriment from it.
nutrition	The branch of science that deals with nutrients and nutrition particularly in humans. A guide to good nutrition.
outlast	Live or last longer than. The kind of beauty that will outlast youth.
poverty	The state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. The poverty of her imagination.
rural	Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Rural people.
subsist	Provide sustenance for. Many people in the world have to subsist on 1 a day.
survive	Continue to live or exist in spite of (an accident or ordeal. He has survived several assassination attempts.
sustain	An effect or facility on a keyboard or electronic instrument whereby a note can be sustained after the key is released. He sustained the role of Creon with burly resilience.
sustenance	The maintaining of someone or something in life or existence. He kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family.
uphold	Stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals. They uphold a tradition of not causing distress to living creatures.
upkeep	The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence. Payments for the children s upkeep.
victuals	A stock or supply of foods.
withstand	Resist or confront with resistance. The structure had been designed to withstand winds of more than 100 mph.
yeoman	A member of the yeomanry force.