subsist (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *subsist*:
VERB	stative	subsist, exist, survive, live	support oneself

subsist > pronunciation
Sounds	sahbsih'st
Rhymes	abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst...

English > *subsist*: 1 sense > verb 1, stative
Meaning	support oneself.
Pattern	Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s on something; Somebody ----s PP
Example	"Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"
Synonyms	exist, survive, live
Narrower	breathe	Be alive
Narrower	freewheel, drift	Live unhurriedly, irresponsibly, or freely
Similar to	survive, last, live, live on, go, endure, hold up, hold out	Continue to live through hardship or adversity
Spanish	existir, morar, persistir, sobrevivir, subsistir, vivir
Catalan	existir, persistir, sobreviure, subsistir, viure
Nouns	subsistence	a means of surviving
Nouns	subsister	one who lives through affliction

HyperDic: subsist