livelihood
nounHow many syllables in livelihood?
There are 4 syllables in the word livelihood.How to pronounce livelihood:
Definition of livelihood:
- livelihood (noun):
- the financial means whereby one lives.
- means of support or subsistence (see subsistence sense 2)
Synonyms for livelihood:
(means of) support
(source of) income
amenities
bread and butter
business
comforts
conveniences
creature comforts
employment
enterprise
field
game
job
keep
living
maintenance
meal ticket
means
occupation
profession
racket
resource
subsistence
support
sustenance
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Antonyms for livelihood:
amusement
avocation
entertainment
fun
giving up
hobby
neglect
pastime
recreation
side interest
surrender
unemployment
yielding
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- anomalous
- ridiculous
- progressively
- obedient
- enthusiastic
- hedonism
- popularize
- ungratefully
- irritably
- anathema
- definitely
- intuitively
- demobilize
- perpetual
- adaptation
- incorrectly
- evanescent
- omnivorous
- kwashiorkor
- chaotically
- cacophony
- businessman
- inferior
- fibonacci
- manoeuvre
- italicize
- ayurveda
- Secilia
- obligation
- pied-a-terre
- preposition
- antecedent
- sabbatical
- perseverance
- suburbanite
- implausible
- contentious
- prerogative
- expatriate
- operetta
- multiplicand
- condolences
- insolently
- transferable
- coalescing
- replenishment
- literally
- atrocity
- absurdity
- mathematics
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