English dictionary

subsist

/s/@/b's/I/st/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

verb

support oneself

verb.stative

Examples
Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day.

Synonyms exist live survive

Source: WordNet 3.0
To be; to have existence; to inhere.

verb

Source: webster1913
To support with provisions; to feed; to maintain; as, to <i>subsist</i> one's family.

verb

Source: webster1913