subsistence | Definition of subsistence

Synonyms and Antonyms of subsistence

1 the fact of being or of being real

believes in the subsistence of a soul as a separate entity from the body

Synonyms of subsistence

actuality, corporality, corporeality, existence, reality, thingness

Words Related to subsistence

genuineness, realness

activity, animation, life

currency, presence, prevalence

Near Antonyms of subsistence

absence, dearth, lack, want

potentiality, virtuality

Antonyms of subsistence

inexistence, nonbeing, nonexistence, nothingness, unreality

2 uninterrupted or lasting existence

the subsistence of the patient's infection, even after the use of antibiotics, had the doctors puzzled

Synonyms of subsistence

abidance, ceaselessness, continuance, continuation, continuity, continuousness, durability, duration, endurance, persistence

Words Related to subsistence

drawing out, elongation, extension, lengthening, prolongation, prolonging, stretching

enduringness, permanence

Near Antonyms of subsistence

abridgment (or abridgement), curtailment, cutback, shortening

Antonyms of subsistence

cessation, close, discontinuance, discontinuity, end, ending, expiration, finish, stoppage, surcease, termination