Reverse Dictionary: SUBSIST

ADJECTIVES
► SUBSISTIBLE able to subsist → 1675 obs.

NOUNS
► BEING livelihood, living, subsistence, existence, maintenance  → 1579 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SUBSTANDER a thing that subsists → 1662 obs.

VERBS
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OILED RAG to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OIL RAG to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► LIVE OFF THE SMELL OF AN OILY RAG to subsist on a bare minimum of material wants → L19 Aust. & NZ sl.
► MAKE BUCKLE AND TONGUE MEET to make both ends meet → 1888 US sl.
► SCRAWL to make a scanty subsistence; to live on uncertain wages → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SKILL to get along, to subsist → 1537 obs.