| Main Entry: | livelihood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
Synonyms: |
alimentation, art, bread and butter, business, circumstances, craft, employment, game*, grind*, income, job, keep*, living, maintenance, means, nine-to-five, profession, racket, rat race, resources, slot, source of income, subsistence, support, sustenance, thing*, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun |
| Main Entry: | alimony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money paid in support of a former spouse |
Synonyms: |
keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, provision, remittance, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep |
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
Synonyms: |
bag*, biz, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
Antonyms: |
avocation, recreation, unemployment |
| Main Entry: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
Synonyms: |
bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, field, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket, specialty, thing*, vocation, work |
Antonyms: |
amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation |
| Main Entry: | income |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money earned by work or investments |
Synonyms: |
assets, avails, benefits, bottom line, cash, cash flow, commission, compensation, dividends, drawings, earnings, gains, gravy, gross, harvest, honorarium, in the black, interest, livelihood, means, net, pay, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, returns, revenue, royalty, salary, take home, wage |
Antonyms: |
bills, debt, expenses |
| Main Entry: | job |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | employment |
Synonyms: |
activity, appointment, assignment, berth, billet, business, calling, capacity, career, chore, connection, craft, daily grind, engagement, faculty, function, gig, grind*, handicraft, line, livelihood, means, métier, niche, nine-to-five, occupation, office, opening, operation, place, position, post, posting, profession, pursuit, racket, rat race, situation, spot, stint, swindle*, task, trade, vocation, work |
Antonyms: |
unemployment |
| Main Entry: | living |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lifestyle; source of income |
Synonyms: |
alimentation, bread and butter, existence, income, job, keep*, livelihood, maintenance, means, mode, occupation, salt, subsistence, support, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, way, work |
Antonyms: |
entertainment, fun |
| Main Entry: | maintenance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | perpetuation, support; sustenance |
Synonyms: |
aliment, alimentation, alimony, allowance, bacon, bread, bread and butter, care, carrying, conservation, continuance, continuation, food, keep, keeping, livelihood, living, nurture, preservation, prolongation, provision, repairs, resources, retainment, salt, subsistence, supply, sustaining, sustainment, sustention, upkeep, wherewithal |
Antonyms: |
desertion, forsaking, ignorance, neglect |
| Main Entry: | subsistence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | provisions for survival |
Synonyms: |
affluence, aliment, alimentation, bread and butter, bread, capital, circumstances, competence, earnings, existence, food, fortune, gratuity, income, independence, keep, legacy, livelihood, living, maintenance, means, money, necessities, nurture, pension, property, provision, ration, resources, riches, salary, salt, substance, support, sustenance, upkeep, victuals, wages, wealth, wherewithal |
| Main Entry: | support |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | food, money, possessions for staying alive |
Synonyms: |
alimentation, alimony, allowance, care, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, necessities, nutriment, payment, provision, relief, responsibility, stock, stores, subsidy, subsistence, sustenance, upkeep, victuals |