Definition of Subsist

1. Verb. Support oneself. "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

Exact synonyms: Exist, Live, Survive
Specialized synonyms: Breathe, Drift, Freewheel
Related verbs: Endure, Go, Hold Out, Hold Up, Last, Live, Live On, Survive
Derivative terms: Subsistence, Subsister, Survival

Definition of Subsist

1. v. i. To be; to have existence; to inhere.

2. v. t. To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to subsist one's family.

Definition of Subsist

1. to continue to exist [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsist

subsidisation
subsidise
subsidised
subsidiser
subsidises
subsidising
subsidization
subsidizations
subsidize
subsidized
subsidizer
subsidizers
subsidizes
subsidizing
subsidy
subsist (current term)
subsisted
subsistence
subsistences
subsistence farming
subsistent
subsister
subsisters
subsisting
subsists
subsite
subsites
subsizar
subsizars
subskill

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