subsist
verb
1 subsist
Support oneself:
— Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day.
synonyms: exist, live, survive.
Roget 359:
be alive
etc.
adj.;
live,
breathe,
respire;
subsist
etc.
(exist)
1;
walk the earth,
strut and fret one's hour upon the stage"
[Macbeth];
be spared.
see the light,
be born,
come into the world,
fetch breath,
draw breath,
fetch the breath of life,
draw the breath of life;
quicken;
revive;
come to life.
give birth to
etc.
(produce)
161;
bring to life,
put into life,
vitalize;
vivify,
vivificate†;
reanimate
etc.
(restore)
660;
keep alive,
keep body and soul together,
keep the wolf from the door;
support life.
hive nine lives like a cat.
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Roget 1:
exist,
be;
have being
etc.
n.;
subsist,
live,
breathe,
stand,
obtain,
be the case;
occur
etc.
(event)
151;
have place,
prevail;
find oneself,
pass the time,
vegetate.
consist in,
lie in;
be comprised in,
be contained in,
be constituted by.
come into existence
etc.
n.;
arise
etc.
(begin)
66;
come forth
etc.
(appear)
446.
become
etc.
(be converted)
144;
bring into existence
etc.
161.
abide,
continue,
endure,
last,
remain,
stay.
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Roget 141:
let alone,
let be,
let it be;
persist,
remain,
stay,
tarry,
rest;
stet
(copy editing)
hold,
hold on;
last,
endure,
bide,
abide,
aby†,
dwell,
maintain,
keep;
stand,
stand still,
stand fast;
subsist,
live,
outlive,
survive;
hold one's ground,
keep one's ground,
hold one's footing,
keep one's footing;
hold good.
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Dutch: bestaan
Moby thesaurus: abide, be, be alive, be animate, be extant, be found, be in existence, be left, be met with, be present, be the case, be there, bide, breathe, carry on, continue, continue to be, cope, defeat time, defy time, draw breath, dwell, eke out, endure, exist, extend, fetch breath, get by, go on, happen to be, have being, have life, have place, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, keep afloat, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live and breathe, live on, live through, maintain, make ends meet, make out, manage, move, obtain, occur, perdure, perennate, persist, prevail, remain, respire, rest, run, run on, scrape along, stand, stay, stay on, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, walk the earth, wear, wear well ... show more.
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