synonyms for living
- existence
- income
- job
- livelihood
- alimentation
- keep
- maintenance
- means
- mode
- occupation
- salt
- subsistence
- support
- sustainment
- sustenance
- sustentation
- way
- work
- bread and butter
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What are other ways to say living?
What are other ways to say living?
Living and livelihood (a somewhat more formal word), both refer to what one earns to keep (oneself) alive, but are seldom interchangeable within the same phrase: to earn one’s living; to threaten one’s livelihood. “To make a living” suggests making just enough to keep alive, and is particularly frequent in the negative: You cannot make a living out of that. “To make a livelihood out of something” suggests rather making a business of it: to make a livelihood out of knitting hats. Maintenance refers usually to what is spent for the living of another: to provide for the maintenance of someone. Maintenance occasionally refers to the allowance itself provided for livelihood: They are entitled to a maintenance from this estate.