Synonyms of the word livelihood


LIVELIHOODKEEP - LIVING - RESOURCE - SUPPORT - SUSTENANCE

livelihood

  • n. (obsolete) The course of someone's life; a person's lifetime, or their manner of living; conduct, behaviour.
  • n. A person's means of supporting themself.
  • n. (now rare) Property which brings in an income; an estate.
  • n. (obsolete) Liveliness; appearance of life.

keep

  • v. To continue in (a course or mode of action); not to intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.
  • v. (heading, transitive) To hold the status of something.
  • v. (heading, intransitive) To hold or be held in a state.
  • v. (obsolete) To wait for, keep watch for.
  • v. (intransitive, cricket) To act as wicket-keeper.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To take care; to be solicitous; to watch.
  • v. (intransitive, obsolete) To be in session; to take place.
  • v. (transitive) To observe; to adhere to; to fulfill; not to swerve from or violate.
  • v. (transitive, dated) To confine oneself to; not to quit; to remain in.
  • v. (transitive, dated, by extension) To visit (a place) often; to frequent.
  • n. (obsolete) Care, notice.
  • n. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to, the…
  • n. The food or money required to keep someone alive and healthy; one's support, maintenance.
  • n. The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge.
  • n. The state of being kept; hence, the resulting condition; case.
  • n. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.
  • n. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.

living

  • v. present participle of live.
  • adj. Having life.
  • adj. In use or existing.
  • adj. Of everyday life.
  • adj. True to life.
  • adj. Used as an intensifier.
  • n. (uncountable) The state of being alive.
  • n. Financial means; a means of maintaining life; livelihood.
  • n. A style of life.
  • n. (canon law) A position in a church (usually the Church of England) that has attached to it a source of…

resource

  • n. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • n. A person's capacity to deal with difficulty.
  • v. To supply with resources.

support

  • n. Something which supports. Often used attributively, as a complement or supplement to.
  • n. Financial or other help.
  • n. Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
  • n. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure…
  • n. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose…
  • n. Evidence.
  • n. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
  • n. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
  • v. (transitive) To keep from falling.
  • v. (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
  • v. (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
  • v. (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
  • v. To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
  • v. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
  • v. (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories,…
  • v. (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
  • v. (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
  • v. To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.

sustenance

  • n. Something that provides support or nourishment.

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