livelihoods

noun

plural of livelihood
as in livings
a way of earning money in order to live Many fishermen believe that the new regulations threaten their livelihoods.

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of livelihoods My employees worked for me in good faith, trusting that their paychecks and taxes were being managed faithfully and that their livelihoods were secure. — Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 Investing in them can slow desertification, safeguard rural livelihoods and strengthen food security. — Shooka Bidarian, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Many rely on agriculture for their livelihoods, though some have also turned to tourism as the region has become increasingly popular for outdoor activities like trekking and rafting – as well as for religious tourism. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The result ravaged communities that rely on the ocean – fish, birds, marine mammals, and people who fish for their livelihoods throughout the eastern tropical Pacific. — Julia Cole, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 Players know, in the back of their heads, their livelihoods are at stake with the decisions coming this week. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026 Food delivery robots are also gaining ground across the country, potentially threatening the livelihoods of millions of Chinese food delivery workers. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026 Abdullatif had a message to those who invaded his family's privacy and livelihoods. — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 But the bond market is already becoming a check on Americans' livelihoods, with the capitalists firmly in charge. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for livelihoods
  1. businesses
  2. enterprises
  3. trades
  4. jobs
Noun
  • Among the many potential downsides for letting the national debt get too high was that the federal government would suck up so much capital that businesses wouldn’t be left with enough.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • For businesses under a few million in revenue, this is usually the number buyers and their advisors care about most, far more than the revenue figure on your top line.
    — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of businesses
Noun
  • The momentum in many criminal legal enterprises began hurtling toward digitally automating this analytic regime of knowledge.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Instead of waiting for hyperscalers and enterprises to find financing, Nvidia is helping create the financing ecosystem itself.
    — Sanjit Singh Dang, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of enterprises
Noun
  • But those trades now will be tested if Washington makes good on its threat to sanction any entity, including Indian refiners, that have procured Iranian energy.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Teams like the Minnesota Wild have already begun to write some no-movement clause provisions to qualify them, so that the clause only applies to trades, and not to any future expansion process.
    — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of trades
Noun
  • Do artificial intelligence tools such as ChatGPT eliminate jobs, create new ones, or both?
    — Jeffrey C. Dixon, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The county’s Fire Department has four fire engineer jobs vacancies, and five additional firefighters are on leave.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of jobs

Browse Nearby Words

livelihood
livelihoods
livelily
See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Livelihoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/livelihoods. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

Copy Citation
Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!

Popular in Grammar & Usage

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words
See More

Popular in Wordplay

See More

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

Even More Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

12 Lovely and Unusual Words for the Natural World
See More

Popular

See More

A Who’s Who Regarding ‘Who’s’ and ‘Whose’

Ye Olde Nincompoop: Old-Fashioned Words for 'Stupid'

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of
See More

Games & Quizzes

See All
Play Quordle: Guess all four words in a limited number of tries. Each of your guesses must be a real 5-letter word.
Quordle Can you solve 4 words at once?
Play Blossom: Solve today's spelling word game by finding as many words as you can using just 7 letters. Longer words score more points.
Blossom Pick the best words!
Play Missing Letter: a crossword with a twist. Each of the 25 puzzle words start with a different letter of the alphabet. Which letter is missing?
The Missing Letter A daily crossword with a twist
skateboard-dog-hat
Wordmaxxing Slang Quiz Give your vocabulary a glow up by getting sendy w...
See All