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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to support oneself and maintain one's existence, especially at a basic or minimal level;

e.g. These birds subsist on whatever insects they can catch.

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Similar Words

Be

Breathe

Come-on

Defund

Exist

Live

Liver

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Opposite Words

Abate

Cease

Checkout

Croak

Decease

Demise

Depart

Desist

Die

Disappear

Discontinue

Drop

Ebb

End

Endow

Evaporate

Exit

Expire

Fall

Finance

Flatline

Fund

Go

It

Kickoff

Moderate

Part

Perish

Predecease

Quit

Stop

Subside

Subsidize

Succumb

Vanish

Wane

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Related Words

Abide

Actualize

Appear

Arise

Begin

Break

Commence

Continue

Dawn

Endure

Engender

Flourish

Form

Kick

Last

Lead

Materialize

Move

Originate

Persist

Prosper

Rule

Spring

Start

Survive

Thrive

Weather

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Phrases

• keep the wolf from the door

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