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subsisting
[suhb-sist] 
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subsist
[suhb-sist]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep going, living |
| Synonyms: | barely exist, be, breathe, continue, eke out a living, eke out an existence, endure, exist, get along, get by, hang in, hang on, hang tough, just make it, last, live, make ends meet, make it, manage, move, remain, remain alive, ride out, scrape by, stay alive, stick it out, stick with it, survive, sustain |
| Main Entry: | be |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
| Synonyms: | abide, act, be alive, breathe, continue, do, endure, go on, have being, have place, hold, inhabit, last, live, move, obtain, persist, prevail, remain, rest, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | consist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist, reside |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be contained in, be expressed by, be found in, dwell, inhere, lie, repose, rest, subsist |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be living |
| Synonyms: | abide, be, be extant, be latent, be present, breathe, continue, endure, happen, last, lie, live, move, obtain, occur, prevail, remain, stand, stay, subsist, survive |
| Antonyms: | die |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along in life |
| Synonyms: | consist, dwell, eke out a living, endure, get by, go on, inhere, kick*, lie, live, make it, reside, stay alive, subsist, survive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | extant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in existence |
| Synonyms: | actual, alive, around, being, contemporary, current, existent, existing, immediate, in current use, instant, living, not lost, present, present-day, real, remaining, subsisting, surviving, undestroyed |
| Antonyms: | dead, extinct, gone |
| Main Entry: | feed on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consume |
| Synonyms: | devour, eat, exist on, fare, feast, graze, have a bite, ingest, live on, meal, munch, nibble, nurture, partake, pasture*, peck, pig out, prey on, scarf, snack, sponge, subsist, take, take nourishment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fend for |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take care of |
| Synonyms: | eke out existence, look after, make do, make provision for, provide for, stay alive, subsist, support, survive, sustain |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
| Synonyms: | contrive, cope, do, do well enough, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make ends meet, make out, muddle through, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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