Associations to the word «Subsistence»
Noun
- Farming
- Gatherer
- Commissary
- Agriculture
- Maize
- Raising
- Livelihood
- Millet
- Horticulture
- Economy
- Yam
- Hunting
- Crop
- Fishing
- Cultivation
- Wage
- Farmer
- Deforestation
- Livestock
- Slash
- Allowance
- Quartermaster
- Harvesting
- Fishery
- Gathering
- Sugarcane
- Capitalist
- Inuit
- Homestead
- Peasantry
- Peasant
- Reindeer
- Peanut
- Laborer
- Famine
- Mainstay
- Cattle
- Forage
- Herder
- Corn
- Trapping
- Gardening
- Lifestyle
- Logging
- Whaling
- Cereal
- Reliance
- Means
- Ration
- Cocoa
- Activity
- Salmon
- Farm
- Living
- Bean
- Necessary
- Alms
- Potato
- Labor
- Commodity
- Aquaculture
- Vegetable
- Drought
- Banana
- Export
Adjective
Wiktionary
SUBSISTENCE, noun. Real being; existence.
SUBSISTENCE, noun. Inherency; as, the subsistence of qualities in bodies.
SUBSISTENCE, noun. Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
SUBSISTENCE, noun. (theology) embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
Dictionary definition
SUBSISTENCE, noun. Minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting; "social security provided only a bare subsistence".
SUBSISTENCE, noun. A means of surviving; "farming is a hard means of subsistence".
SUBSISTENCE, noun. The state of existing in reality; having substance.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.