livelihood

see definition of livelihood

nounoccupation

Synonyms for livelihood

noun occupation

Antonyms for livelihood

alimony

noun. money paid in support of a former spouse

income

noun. money earned by work or investments

Word Origin & History

1610s, alteration of livelode "means of keeping alive" (c.1300), from Old English lifad "course of life," from lif "life" + lad "way, course" (see load). Cf. Old High German libleita. Spelling assimilated to words in -hood. Earlier livelihood was a different word, meaning "liveliness," from lively.

Example Sentences forlivelihood

Still, I had nothing; not even the means of seeking a livelihood.

But you know it is time I was doing something to earn my own livelihood now.

I will do anything Tom, anything, to gain a livelihood by my own exertions.

Was not his accordion there to show that he possessed a regular means of livelihood?

No other person seemed to know with certainty what were Wilson's means of livelihood.

And how doth Demeas, of the village of Colyttus, get his livelihood?

Their livelihood was for the most part derived from mining and forging iron.

The ease of getting a livelihood acts as a deterrent to ambition.

With the great ease of getting a livelihood the advances necessarily are small.

We cannot have the things of romance as well as our livelihood.

livelihood

Synonyms for livelihood

Antonyms for livelihood

alimony

bread and butter

business

businesses

income

livelihood

Synonyms for livelihood

Antonyms for livelihood

More words related to livelihood

alimentation

alimony

bread and butter

business

businesses

income