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eke out a living

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Synonyms for eke out a living

verb keep going, living
  • get along
  • get by
  • scrape by
  • be
  • breathe
  • continue
  • endure
  • exist
  • last
  • live
  • manage
  • move
  • remain
  • survive
  • sustain
  • barely exist
  • eke out a living
  • eke out an existence
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang tough
  • just make it
  • make ends meet
  • make it
  • remain alive
  • ride out
  • stay alive
  • stick it out
  • stick with it

Antonyms for eke out a living

  • cease
  • depart
  • die
  • discontinue
  • halt
  • stop
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

More words related to eke out a living

exist

verb. get along in life
  • consist
  • dwell
  • eke out a living
  • endure
  • get by
  • go on
  • inhere
  • kick
  • lie
  • live
  • make it
  • reside
  • stay alive
  • subsist
  • survive

existed

verb. get along in life

exists

verb. get along in life

subsist

verb. keep going, living

subsisting

verb. keep going, living
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.