Related Words for struggle for existence

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WordSyllablesCategories
struggling
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Verb, Verb
starvation
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Noun
survival
x/x
Noun
privations
x/x
Noun
starve
/
Verb
hardships
/x
Noun
poverty
/xx
Noun
survive
x/
Verb
deprivations
xx/x
Noun
subsistence
x/x
Noun
poverty line
/xx/
Phrase, Noun
suffering
/xx
Noun
subsisting
x/x
Verb
hard time
//
Phrase, Noun
impoverished
x/x
Adjective
destitution
/xxx
Noun
tribulations
xx/x
Noun
desperation
xx/x
Noun
class struggle
//x
Phrase, Noun
underprivileged
/x/x
Noun
adversity
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Noun
mental anguish
/x/x
Name, Name
predicaments
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Noun
joblessness
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Noun
malnutrition
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Noun
homelessness
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Noun
malnourished
x/x
Adjective
sufferance
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Noun
destitute
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Noun
underemployment
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Noun
scarcity
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Noun
difficulties
/xxx
Noun
socioeconomic
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Adjective
hopelessness
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Noun
hunger strike
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Phrase, Noun
marginality
/x/xx
Noun
penury
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Noun
unhappiness
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Noun
downtrodden
x/x
Noun
agonizing
/xxx
Adjective
bootstrapping
//x
Noun
strivings
/x
Noun
agonising
/xxx
Adjective
unemployment
xx/x
Noun
famine
/x
Noun
underemployed
/xx/
Adjective
torturous
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Adjective
disadvantaged
xx/x
Adjective
undernutrition
xxx/x
Noun
travails
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Noun
existential
xx/x
Adjective
live through
//
Phrase, Verb
helplessness
/xx
Noun
lower class
/x/
Phrase, Noun
depression
x/x
Noun
antipoverty
xx/xx
Noun
absence
/x
Noun
action
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
actualities
/x/xx
Noun
address
/x
Noun, Verb
advent
/x
Noun, Verb
affairs
x/
Noun
agitation
xx/x
Noun
agony
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Noun
alive
x/
Adjective
alleviation
xxx/x
Noun
alt
/
Noun, Adjective
animation
xx/x
Noun
appearance
x/x
Noun
area
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Noun
argue
/x
Verb, Noun
associational
xxx/xx
Adjective
attendance
x/x
Noun
attendee
x//
Noun
availability
xxx/xx
Noun
aware
x/
Adjective, Verb
bandy
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
basis
/x
Noun
bat
/
Noun, Verb
battle
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
battlefield
/xx
Noun
be
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
bear down
//
Phrase, Verb
beat
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
becoming
x/x
Noun, Adjective
belief
x/
Noun
birth
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
bliss
/
Noun
bona
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
bout
/
Noun, Verb
box
/
Noun, Verb
brawl
/
Noun, Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
camp
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
campaign
x/
Noun, Verb
candle
/x
Noun, Verb
cause
/
Noun, Verb
celestial body
x/x/x
Phrase, Noun
challenge
/x
Noun, Verb
clamber
/x
Verb, Noun
clash
/
Noun, Verb
class warfare
//x
Phrase, Noun
coexistence
xx/x
Noun
combat
/x
Noun, Verb
combatant
x/x
Noun, Adjective
conflict
/x
Noun, Verb
confrontation
xx/x
Noun
congregational
xx/xx
Adjective
conjoint
x/
Adjective
consciousness
/xx
Noun
contend
x/
Verb
contentious
x/x
Adjective
contest
/x
Noun, Verb
contradiction
xx/x
Noun
contravention
xx/x
Noun
control
x/
Noun, Verb
cope
/
Verb, Noun
cosmos
/x
Noun
counseling
/xx
Noun
counter
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb
creation
x/x
Noun
crusade
x/
Noun, Verb
day
/
Noun, Verb
deal
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
death
/
Noun
debate
x/
Noun, Verb
defend
x/
Verb
difficult
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Adjective, Verb
discord
/x
Noun, Verb
dispute
x/
Noun, Verb
dissension
x/x
Noun
drive
/
Noun, Verb
duel
/x
Noun, Verb
easy
/x
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
effect
x/
Noun, Verb
effort
/x
Noun, Verb
elimination
xxx/x
Noun
emergence
x/x
Noun
endeavor
x/x
Noun, Verb
endeavour
x/x
Noun, Verb
engage
x/
Verb
eradicate
x/xx
Verb
esse
/
Noun
establishment
x/xx
Noun
eternity
x/xx
Noun
evidence
/xx
Noun, Verb
evil
/x
Adjective, Noun, Adverb
exist
x/
Verb
existences
x/xx
Noun
existent
x/x
Adjective, Noun
extinct
x/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
extracurricular
xxx/xx
Adjective, Noun
fact
/
Noun
fence
/
Noun, Verb
feud
/
Noun, Verb
fight
/
Verb, Noun
fight back
//
Phrase, Verb
fighter
/x
Noun
finding
/x
Noun
firefight
/x
Noun, Verb
flounder
/x
Noun, Verb
force
/
Noun, Verb
freedom
/x
Noun
functioning
/xx
Noun, Adjective
get back
//
Phrase, Verb
god
/
Name, Verb
good
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
gospel
/x
Noun, Verb
grapple
/x
Verb, Noun
greatness
/x
Noun
group
/
Noun, Verb
hard
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun, Verb
heavenly body
/xx/x
Name, Name
here
/
Adverb, Noun, Adjective
history
/xx
Noun, Verb
hurt
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
immortality
xx/xx
Noun
inception
x/x
Noun
incidence
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Noun
indicative
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
infighting
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Noun
inquiry
x/x
Noun
insurrection
xx/x
Noun
interfaith
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Adjective
interracial
xx/x
Adjective
interreligious
xxx/x
Adjective
introduction
xx/x
Noun
jihad
/x
Noun, Verb
joust
/
Noun, Verb
komsomol
/xx
Name
labor
/x
Noun, Verb
labour
/x
Noun, Verb
languish
/x
Verb
life
/
Noun, Verb
lifespan
/x
Noun
lifetime
/x
Noun
livelihood
/xx
Noun
macrocosm
/xxx
Noun
maintenance
/xx
Noun
match
/
Noun, Verb
natural order
/xx/x
Phrase, Verb
nature
/x
Noun, Verb
nonexistence
xx/x
Noun
now
/
Adverb, Adjective, Noun, Verb
occurrence
x/x
Noun
often
/x
Adverb, Adjective
operation
xx/x
Noun
oppose
x/
Verb
orientation
xxx/x
Noun
permanence
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Noun
persistence
x/x
Noun
pest
/
Noun
phenomenon
x/xx
Noun
place
/
Noun, Verb
possibility
xx/xx
Noun
presence
/x
Noun, Verb
present
/x
Adjective, Verb, Noun
prevalence
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Noun
prevention
x/x
Noun
prima
/x
Adjective
protest
/x
Noun, Verb
provision
x/x
Noun, Verb
pursuit
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Noun
push
/
Verb, Noun