Synonyms for livelihood

Grammar : Noun

Spell : lahyv-lee-hood

Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪv liˌhʊd

Top 10 synonyms for livelihood

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Définition of livelihood

Origin : 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.

noun occupation

Example sentences :

Still, I had nothing; not even the means of seeking a livelihood.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

But you know it is time I was doing something to earn my own livelihood now.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

I will do anything Tom, anything, to gain a livelihood by my own exertions.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

Was not his accordion there to show that he possessed a regular means of livelihood?
Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre

No other person seemed to know with certainty what were Wilson's means of livelihood.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

And how doth Demeas, of the village of Colyttus, get his livelihood?
Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon

Their livelihood was for the most part derived from mining and forging iron.
Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon

With the great ease of getting a livelihood the advances necessarily are small.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

The ease of getting a livelihood acts as a deterrent to ambition.
Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey

We cannot have the things of romance as well as our livelihood.
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley

Antonyms for livelihood

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