Synonyms of subsisted

subsisted

verb

past tense of subsist

as in lived

to have life

a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lived
• was
• existed
• ruled
• breathed
• survived
• continued
• flourished
• lasted
• persisted
• endured
• kicked
• held on
• kept (on)
• led
• prospered
• abided
• thrived
• held up
• moved
• ran on

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• died
• expired
• disappeared
• departed
• perished
• vanished
• succumbed
• evaporated
• passed away
• ceased
• ended
• stopped
• discontinued
• died (down)
• quit
• subsided
• waned
• abated
• moderated
• desisted
• ebbed
• let up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of subsisted

Prior to their local extinction in the 1920s, gray wolves in California subsisted mostly on mule deer and elk, state biologists say. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026

Many of the dispossessed took to the woods and subsisted by slash-and-burn tillage, while others immigrated to Manchuria and Japan in search of jobs; the majority of Korean residents now in those areas are their descendants. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026