source of income

NOUN

livelihood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

employment income living subsistence sustenance

STRONG

alimentation art business circumstances craft game grind job keep maintenance means profession racket resources slot support thing trade vocation work

WEAK

bread and butter nine-to-five rat race what one is into

Antonyms

STRONG

avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation unemployment

Example Sentences

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It is helpful to look by source of income separately.

From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026

But the station is now struggling to find local companies that want to advertise, a key source of income.

From BBC • May 4, 2026

Throughout the rest of his life, Coe continued to make music, but turned to live performances as his primary source of income.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Ms. Jeppson, who says that the videos are her sole source of income, defends them as necessary: “It’s not just to put my kids in harm’s way. I have to do this.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

As well-off citizens closed their businesses and fled the city, they left behind thousands of individuals without any source of income.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy

source of income

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