SUBSISTENCE Synonyms: 61 Similar and Opposite Words

subsistence

noun

səb-ˈsi-stən(t)s

Definition of subsistence

as in existence

the fact of being or of being real believes in the subsistence of a soul as a separate entity from the body

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as in continuation

uninterrupted or lasting existence the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled

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Recent Examples of subsistence Human rights groups and regional NGOS have long warned that economic desperation in rural communities – where a lack of wage labor and vulnerable subsistence agriculture leave few alternatives – drives locals to take life-threatening risks. — Kocha Olarn, CNN Money, 30 May 2026 Exemptions include leather, shearling and hides from animals raised primarily for the food industry, as well as vintage fur, Indigenous subsistence hunting practices and synthetic fur alternatives. — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 The play begins with a forbidding thumping on a glass window outside a bare bones upstairs apartment where B lives a subsistence-level life with his mother. — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 The same practice that sustains a cosmological language sustains a subsistence economy. — María Carri, Artforum, 16 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subsistence

Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsistence

Noun

Payne is all too familiar with the ups and downs of Little Feat, which disbanded and regrouped twice in its first four years of existence alone.

— George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026
But the 1959 Chrysler Scimitar Town Car Phaeton concept is the only one in existence.

— James Raia, Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of existence

Noun

That continuation from one generation to another is part of what has allowed the festival to last.

— Sophia Buonpane, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
The American Cancer Society notes that cervical cancer screening rates still haven't rebounded from lows hit during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is a continuation of a declining pattern for the past 20 years.

— Sara Moniuszko, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Definition of continuation

Noun

The Broncos, now, will reduce the bill on an expensive front five, as the club has invested considerably into preserving offensive-line continuity in front of third-year quarterback Bo Nix.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 July 2026
Picking two or three anchor colors and repeating them in textiles, art, rugs, or accent pieces creates visual continuity across the room.

— Ashley Lynch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 July 2026

Definition of continuity

Noun

His hearing, during which he was served a life sentence, occurred this month after the defense requested multiple continuances.

— Eleanor Jacobs, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026
Commissioners who voted against the continuance were John Dillon, Daniel Moriarty, Gregg West and Brian Murphy.

— Jordan Smith, IndyStar, 15 July 2026

Definition of continuance

Noun

While burning through so much of their pitching depth, the Cubs have demonstrated persistence, flexibility and problem-solving skills.

— Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 30 July 2026
The child narrator’s lingering guilt and Ayah’s eventual recovery, achieved through the persistence of other women, place the gendered costs of partition at the center of the book.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026