livelihood

Other forms of livelihood

plural

livelihoods·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about livelihood

What does livelihood mean?

livelihood means "the financial means whereby one lives".

How many syllables are in livelihood?

livelihood has 3 syllables: live-li-hood. The stress falls on "live". In IPA it is /ˈlaɪvliˌhʊd/.

What is another word for livelihood?

Close synonyms include support, keep, living, bread and butter, sustenance. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is livelihood a common word?

livelihood is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with livelihood?

19 words rhyme with livelihood. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.