Synonyms of livelihoods

livelihoods

noun

plural of livelihood

as in livings

a way of earning money in order to live

Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.

Related Words

• livings
• businesses
• employments
• enterprises
• trades
• jobs
• occupations
• professions
• vocations
• works
• fields
• games
• callings
• situations
• rackets
• métiers
• missions
• arts
• handicrafts
• lays
• engagements
• crafts
• lines
• lifeworks
• assignments
• offices
• gigs
• calls
• positions
• duties
• functions
• handcrafts
• berths
• tasks
• appointments
• loads
• places
• workloads
• posts
• billets

Dissimilar Words

• pursuits
• hobbies
• avocations

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of livelihoods

So part of the challenge is to build a structure that tamps down the diverse risks to our lives and livelihoods and create a greater opening for these positive local trends to grow and fluorish on the national and international level. — William Hartung, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Principles cover management, natural resources, crop protection, fiber quality decent work and sustainable livelihoods. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 30 July 2026

Despite the risks and low wages, thousands of miners depend on the coal industry for their livelihoods in Baluchistan, Pakistan’s largest but least developed province, where unemployment and poverty remain widespread. — ABC News, 30 July 2026

Today, when advocates of the oppressed workers from 100 years ago raise concerns about the historic deprivation of miners, some locals perceive it as a threat to their current livelihoods. — Elijah Tanall, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026

But legal reforms have also made a huge difference, creating safety nets for women who previously had to depend on their husbands’ livelihoods. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 26 July 2026

Across San Francisco Bay Area campuses and offices, employees describe mounting pressure to embrace AI tools even as layoffs spread, early-career coders struggle to find work and creative industries worry their livelihoods could be automated away. — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2026

But Palestinians still managed to carve out livelihoods in Gaza, and sustain a rich community life. — Helen Epstein, The New York Review of Books, 22 July 2026

All three branches of government need to get involved and solve this problem that is not only costing lives and livelihoods but also damaging the morale of citizens. — Eric Khant, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026