Antonyms for livelihood
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : lahyv-lee-hood |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlaɪv liˌhʊd |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for livelihood
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