Associations to the word «Subsist»
Noun
- Salmon
- Livestock
- Hostility
- Pretension
- Neighbour
- Arising
- Flock
- Wheat
- Splendour
- Celt
- Chili
- Elk
- Exertion
- Bean
- Druid
- Roman
- Treaty
- Purity
- Indian
- Loaf
- Cease
- Native
- Felicity
- Confidence
- Quarrel
- Animal
- Render
- Slash
- Majesty
- Deer
- Seed
- Epoch
- Gaul
- Thou
- Dominion
- Nature
- Governed
- Favour
- Epistle
- Contrary
- Existence
- Quantity
- Gardening
- Beef
- Virtue
- Wage
- Convict
- Commerce
- Righteousness
- Wisdom
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SUBSIST, verb. To survive on a minimum of resources.
SUBSIST, verb. (mostly philosophy) To have ontological reality; to exist.
SUBSIST, verb. To continue; to retain a certain state.
Dictionary definition
SUBSIST, verb. Support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.