Chapter Sublime Porte to Suet of S by Soule's Synonymes

Subsistence, n.

1. Real being.
2. Support, livelihood, maintenance, aliment, nutriment, sustenance, living, food, provision, meat, rations.
3. Inherence, inherency.

Subsistent, a.

1. Substantial, really existing.
2. Inherent.

Substance, n.

1. Substratum, groundwork, reality, hypostasis, substantiality, essential nature, real being, real existence.
2. Meaning, import, significance, essence, pith, gist, soul, chief part, essential part, vital part.
3. Body, matter, material, texture, stuff.
4. Property, wealth, means, estate.
5. (Theol.) Divine essence, divine being.

Substantial, a.

1. Real, actual, existent, subsistent, actually existing, having substance.
2. True, positive, solid, not imaginary.
3. Corporeal, material.
4. Strong, stout, solid, firm, stable, sound, massive, bulky.
5. Weighty, solid, firm, strong, valid, just, cogent, efficient.
6. Responsible (pecuniarily), moderately wealthy.