subsist

Meaning

  1. To survive on a minimum of resources.
  2. To have ontological reality; to exist.
  3. To retain a certain state; to continue.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To supply sustenance or subsistence to or for.

Synonyms

exist
B1
live
A1
be
A1
survive
B1
live on
get by
manage
B1
cope
C1
drudge
dwell
C2
entertain
C1
escape
A2
existence
B2
get along
get off
grub
C2
hack
C1
hold up
incur
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inhabit
23k
keep
A1
last
A1
last out
live out
make do
make ends meet
nurture
C2
obtain
C1
provide
B2
pull through
reside
C2
sober
B2
sober up
support
A2
sustain
C2
undergo
C2

be in existence

eke out a living

aliment

stay alive

alive
A1

be alive

bear
A2
🐻
clear
A1
come in for
come through
Translations

subsistir
sussistere
vivre

υφίσταμαι

υπάρχω

bestaan
esistere
persistir
subsister
fortdauern
subsistir
existir
survivre

συντηρούμαι

Pronounced as (IPA)
/səbˈsɪst/
Etymology

From Latin subsistō (“halt, stop”), from sub (“below”) + sistō (“stand, place”). Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

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