Subsist

Verb

 * 1) To survive on a minimum of resources.
 * With her current income, Janet cannot thrive, she can only subsist.

Related terms

 * subsistence
 * subsistent

Adverbs for Subsist
frugally; intellectually; meagerly; precariously; scantily; barely; penuriously.

Thesaurus
abide, be, be alive, be animate, be extant, be found, be in existence, be left, be met with, be present, be the case, be there, bide, breathe, carry on, continue, continue to be, cope, defeat time, defy time, draw breath, dwell, eke out, endure, exist, extend, fetch breath, get by, go on, happen to be, have being, have life, have place, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, keep afloat, keep on, last, last long, last out, live, live and breathe, live on, live through, maintain, make ends meet, make out, manage, move, obtain, occur, perdure, perennate, persist, prevail, remain, respire, rest, run, run on, scrape along, stand, stay, stay on, survive, sustain, tarry, tide over, walk the earth, wear, wear well

Etymology
< subsister: <  subsistere: < sub: + sistere:. Compare consist, desist, exist, insist, persist.

Translations

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