subsisting
Getting by somehow
Subsisting is living or surviving, often at a minimal level.
Someone subsisting on rice and beans has just enough to stay alive.
The word implies bare maintenance rather than thriving: subsisting on unemployment benefits, subsisting in poverty.
In legal contexts, subsisting means currently in force or effect: a subsisting contract, subsisting rights.
Seeking handouts resourcefully
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- sustenanceMeans of living
- ekingSupplementing with difficulty
hand-to-mouth · scraping · getting by · managing · maintaining · persevering · continuing · lasting
Deficient in quantity
- scantyInsufficient in amount
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- skeletalOf or like bones
- threadbareWorn until transparent
lean · bare · minimal · insufficient · limited · scarce · paltry · wanting
Continuing despite difficulty
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
- steadfastnessFirm loyal dedication
determination · grit · resilience · stamina · toughness · hardiness · willpower · staying power
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
- monasticOf religious community life
self-denial · temperance · thrift · restraint · abstinence · moderation · economy · parsimony
scrounging
Seeking handouts resourcefully
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- sustenanceMeans of living
eking · hand-to-mouth · scraping · getting by · managing · maintaining · persevering · continuing · lasting · persisting
meager
Deficient in quantity
threadbare · lean · bare · minimal · insufficient · limited · scarce · paltry · wanting · deficient
persistence
Continuing despite difficulty
- tenacityPersistent grip or resolve
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- perseveranceSustained resolve despite obstacles
steadfastness · determination · grit · resilience · stamina · toughness · hardiness · willpower · staying power · pluck
frugality
Economical resource management
- simplicityLack of complexity
- asceticismSevere self-denial practice
- spartanRigorously simple, unadorned
monastic · self-denial · temperance · thrift · restraint · abstinence · moderation · economy · parsimony · plainness
subsistingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · prospering · luxuriating · succeeding · affluent
substantial, subsistence, subsist, insubstantial, substantive, substantiate, substantially, substantiation, unsubstantial