subsisted
Managed to live
Subsisted is the past tense of subsist, meaning to survive or maintain existence, often at a minimal level.
The word implies getting by rather than thriving: They subsisted on rice and beans for months.
It can also mean to continue to exist: The tradition subsisted well into the twentieth century.
Remained alive through hardship
- perseveredContinued despite difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- continuedWent on without stopping
- livedExisted or dwelt
remained · withstood · weathered · outlasted · held on · clung · maintained · sustained
survived
Remained alive through hardship
- perseveredContinued despite difficulty
- enduredBore without yielding
- continuedWent on without stopping
lived · remained · withstood · weathered · outlasted · held on · clung · maintained · sustained · got by
meager
Deficient in quantity
austere · spartan · bare · basic · modest · limited · lean · simple · sufficient · essential
fed
Gave nourishment to
foraged · scavenged · rationed · fasted · hungered · starved · diet · provisions · rations · sustenance
subsistedperished
Ceased living violently
died · expired · succumbed · passed away · starved
subsistedthrived
Grew vigorously, succeeded
flourished · prospered · luxuriated · bloomed · abounded
- subsistence farmerGrower producing for household consumption
- subsistence farmingGrowing food for household
- subsistence farmSelf-sufficient agricultural plot
- subsistence livingSurviving without surplus
- subsistence huntingHunting solely for food
- subsistence wagesMinimum income for survival