nnoun.possessionminimal (or marginal) resources for subsistingExamples:- social security provided only a bare subsistence
Hypernyms:bread and butter keep livelihood living support sustenance
Inherited Hypernyms:subsistencesupportresourceassetspossessionrelationabstractionentity
nnoun.statea means of survivingExamples:- farming is a hard means of subsistence
Derivationally Related Form:subsist
Hypernyms:endurance survival
Inherited Hypernyms:subsistencesurvivalanimationbeingstateattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.statethe state of existing in reality; having substanceHypernyms:being beingness existence face of the earth
Inherited Hypernyms:subsistencebeingstateattributeabstractionentity