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
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.