SUBSISTING Synonyms: 70 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in surviving

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subsisting

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verb

present participle of subsist

as in living

to have life a love that was as great as any that ever did subsist

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Human existence senses that something impedes it from subsisting. — Merve Emre, New Yorker, 28 June 2026 Many Cubans were subsisting, and working in industries outright owned by Americans. — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026 The Steelers have no downfield threat outside of DK Metcalf, subsisting instead on quick runs and passes to their running back tandem of Jaylen Warren and Kenneth Gainwell. — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2026 Dallas’ offense is swinging for the fences on every possession, subsisting almost exclusively on a diet of explosive plays. — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

The parties have met twice since and still have not settled on how existing treaties should govern the technique.

— Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
The distortions are especially striking given the actor’s pre-existing place in the pantheon of TV moms.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of existing

Verb

But the movement has widened to include workers demanding relief from rising living costs, making the government’s task broader than resolving a dispute over university admissions.

— Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
The first vote tallies came in from Brazilians living overseas, where Lula won a decisive victory in Germany, and Bolsonaro won an overwhelming victory in Japan.

— David Unsworth , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of living

Adjective

Many of these 13 tracks have popped up as demos in Jensen’s live shows or NTS sets, cooking down to their essence in plain sight.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
On the callback inspection two days later, on Wednesday, the inspector saw nine dead roaches and one live roach.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2026

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