does without
Lives minus something
Does without means to manage or survive in the absence of something, typically something desirable or expected.
The phrase implies getting by despite lacking: We'll just have to do without until payday.
It can suggest voluntary restraint or forced deprivation: She does without luxuries to save money, The refugees did without clean water for weeks.
Declines to have
- abstainsDeliberately doesn't partake
- refrainsRecurring verses or abstains
- renouncesFormally rejects or abandons
- eschewsDeliberately abstains from
declines · passes · skips · omits · avoids · shuns · rejects · excludes
Directs or copes
- makes doManages with insufficient resources
- gets bySurvives with minimal resources
- survivesRemains alive despite hardship
- enduresContinues despite hardship
perseveres · muddles through · ekes out · stretches · improvises · adapts · adjusts · copes
Aesthetic of reduction
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanismRigorous self-denial lifestyle
- essentialismDoctrine of fixed natures
decluttering · paring down · streamlining · restraint · moderation · temperance · self-denial · self-discipline
Careful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
- conservingProtecting from depletion
rationing · saving · parsimony · prudence · sparingness · penny-pinching · cutting back · economizing
Freedom from external control
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
- self-supportSustaining oneself unaided
self-contained · self-directed · autarky · self-determination · individualism · standing alone · fending for oneself · going solo
forgoes
Declines to have
- abstainsDeliberately doesn't partake
- refrainsRecurring verses or abstains
- renouncesFormally rejects or abandons
eschews · declines · passes · skips · omits · avoids · shuns · rejects · excludes · dispenses
manages
Directs or copes
- makes doManages with insufficient resources
- gets bySurvives with minimal resources
- survivesRemains alive despite hardship
endures · perseveres · muddles through · ekes out · stretches · improvises · adapts · adjusts · copes · weathers
minimalism
Aesthetic of reduction
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanismRigorous self-denial lifestyle
essentialism · decluttering · paring down · streamlining · restraint · moderation · temperance · self-denial · self-discipline · stoicism
thrift
Careful use of resources
- economySystem of trade and production
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- scrimpingExcessive thrift, stingy saving
conserving · rationing · saving · parsimony · prudence · sparingness · penny-pinching · cutting back · economizing · stretching dollars
independence
Freedom from external control
- self-sufficiencyIndependence from outside aid
- autonomyIndependent decision-making capacity
- resourcefulnessAbility to solve problems creatively
self-support · self-contained · self-directed · autarky · self-determination · individualism · standing alone · fending for oneself · going solo