subsistence
Divide subsistence into syllables:
sub · sis · tence
How to pronounce subsistence:
Synonyms for subsistence:
board
board and lodging
bread and butter
existence
keep
livelihood
living
maintenance
prevalence
reality
support
survival
sustenance
upkeep
Antonyms for subsistence:
absence
abstract
dearth
default
defect
deficiency
deprivation
drought
exclusion
famine
imaginariness
inadequacy
inanimate
indulgence
inexistence
insufficiency
need
needfulness
nihility
non-existence
nonbeing
nonentity
nonexistence
nothing
nothingness
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