Synonyms for Sustain:

n.
• affirm
- affirm
• sustain
- prolong
v.
• accommodate
- convenienced
- conveniencing
• affirm
- adjure
- assure
- avouch
- express
- pledge
- proclaim
- profess
- promise
- pronounce
- propound
- set down
- state
- submit
• afford
- all owed
- all owing
- all-owed
- all-owing
- am disposed to
- are able to
- are disposed to
- art able to
- being able to
- being disposed to
- had enough for
- had means for
- had the means for
- haddest enough for
- haddest means for
- haddest the means for
- hadst enough for
- hadst means for
- hadst the means for
- has enough for
- has means for
- has the means for
- hast enough for
- hast means for
- hast the means for
- hath enough for
- hath means for
- hath the means for
- have means for
- having enough for
- having means for
- having the means for
- in curred
- in curring
- in-curred
- in-curring
- is disposed to
- was able to
- was disposed to
- wast able to
- wast disposed to
- were able to
- were disposed to
- wert able to
- wert disposed to
• attest
- asservated
- asservates
- asservating
- counter sign
- counter signed
- counter signing
- counter signs
- counter-sign
- counter-signed
- counter-signing
- counter-signs
- de clare
- de clares
- de-clare
- de-clares
- dis play
- dis played
- dis playing
- dis plays
- dis-play
- dis-played
- dis-playing
- dis-plays
- gave evidence
- gives evidence
- giving evidence
• back
- angeled
- angeling
- sided with
- sides with
- siding with
- standing behind
- stands behind
- sticked by
- sticking by
- sticks by
- stood behind
- stuck by
- under write
- under writes
- under writing
- under written
- under wrote
- under-write
- under-writes
- under-writing
- under-written
- under-wrote
• bear
- weigh up on
- weighed up on
- weighing up on
- weighing upon
- weighs up on
- weighs upon
• befriend
- be friend
- be friended
- be friending
- be-friend
- be-friended
- be-friending
- be-friends
- buddied up
- buddies up
- buddying up
- came on to
- cased out
- cases out
- casing out
- comes on to
- coming on to
- cottoned to
- cottons to
- gat chummy with
- gat in with
- gat with
- get with
- gets chummy with
- gets in with
- gets with
- getting chummy with
- getting in with
- getting with
- got chummy with
- got in with
- got with
- gotten chummy with
- gotten in with
- gotten with
- hit off
- stands by
- take under one wing
- take under ones wing
- takes under one wing
- takes under one's wing
- takes under ones wing
- takes under wing
- takes up with
- takes with
- taking under one wing
- taking under one's wing
- taking under ones wing
- taking under wing
- taking up with
- taking with
- took under one wing
- took under one's wing
- took under ones wing
- took under wing
- took up with
- took with
• bolster
- shores up
• boost
- in spire
- in spired
- in spires
- in spiring
- in-spire
- in-spired
- in-spires
- in-spiring
• buoy (up)
- keeping afloat
- keeps afloat
- kept afloat
• buttress
- jacked up
- jacking up
- jacks up
- jazzed up
- jazzes up
- jazzing up
• carry
- Trajected
- Trajecting
- dis place
- dis placed
- dis places
- dis placing
- dis-place
- dis-placed
- dis-places
- dis-placing
- re laid
- re lay
- re laying
- re lays
- re locate
- re located
- re locates
- re locating
- re move
- re moved
- re moves
- re moving
- re-laid
- re-lay
- re-lays
- re-locate
- re-located
- re-locates
- re-locating
- re-move
- re-moves
- re-moving
- trajects
- trans plant
- trans planted
- trans planting
- trans plants
- trans-plant
- trans-planted
- trans-planting
- trans-plants
• cherish
- apprizes
- clave to
- cleaved to
- cleaves to
- cleaving to
- cleft to
- clinging to
- clove to
- clung to
- held high esteem
- hold high esteem
- holding dear
- holding high esteem
- holding in high esteem
- holds dear
- holds high esteem
- holds in high esteem
• come to grips with
- bite bullet
- come grips with
- go mat
- go the mat
- go to mat
- goes mat
- goes the mat
- goes to mat
- goes to the mat
- going mat
- going the mat
- going to mat
- going to the mat
- went mat
- went the mat
- went to mat
- went to the mat
• comfort
- commiserated with
- commiserates with
- commiserating with
- de light
- de lighted
- de lighting
- de lights
- de-light
- de-lighted
- de-lighting
- de-lights
- granted respite
- granting respite
- grants respite
- in spirit
- in spirited
- in spiriting
- in-spirit
- in-spirited
- in-spiriting
- in-spirits
- lightened burden
- lightening burden
- lightens burden
- put ease
- puts at ease
- puts ease
- putting at ease
- putting ease
- quieted fears
- quieting fears
- quiets fears
- re animate
- re animated
- re animates
- re animating
- re assure
- re assured
- re assures
- re fresh
- re freshed
- re freshes
- re vitalize
- re vitalized
- re vitalizes
- re vitalizing
- re-animate
- re-animated
- re-animates
- re-animating
- re-assure
- re-assured
- re-assures
- re-assuring
- re-fresh
- re-freshed
- re-freshes
- re-vitalize
- re-vitalized
- re-vitalizes
- re-vitalizing
- up raise
- up raised
- up raises
- up raising
- up-raise
- up-raised
- up-raises
- up-raising
• communication
- sustain
• conserve
- cuts down on
- cutting down on
- goes easy on
- stored up
- stores up
- storing up
- uses sparingly
- using sparingly
- went easy on
• corroborate
- checked on
- checked up
- checking on
- checking up
- checks on
- checks up
- declared true
- declares true
- declaring true
- double checks
- gave nod
- gives nod
- giving nod
- rubber-stamped
- rubber-stamping
- rubberstamped
- rubberstamping
- rubberstamps
• defend
- police
- retort
- return
- screen
- secure
- shield
- ward
• encounter
- alight up on
- alighted up on
- alighted upon
- alighting up on
- alighting upon
- alights up on
- alights upon
- alit up on
- alit upon
- bump in to
- chance up on
- chanced up on
- chanced upon
- chances up on
- chances upon
- chancing up on
- chancing upon
- come up on
- cross path
- crossed path
- crossed the path
- crosses path
- crosses the path
- crossing path
- crossing the path
- fall with
- falling in with
- falling with
- falls in with
- falls with
- fell in with
- fell with
- hit up on
- hits up on
- hits upon
- hitting up on
- hitting upon
- meeting up with
- meeting with
- meets up with
- meets with
- met up with
- ran across
- ran in to
- ran smack in to
- ran smack into
- rubbed eyeballs
- rubbing eyeballs
- rubs eyeballs
- run in to
- run smack in to
- running across
- running in to
- running smack in to
- running smack into
- runs across
- runs in to
- runs smack in to
- runs smack into
• encourage
- gat behind
- getting behind
- got behind
- gotten behind
- in vite
- pat back
- pat the back
- pats back
- pats on back
- pats on the back
- pats the back
- patted back
- patted on back
- patted on the back
- patted the back
- patting back
- patting on back
- patting on the back
- patting the back
- pre vail
- pre vailed
- pre vailing
- pre vails
- pre-vail
- pre-vailed
- pre-vails
- pulled for
- pulling for
- pulls for
- smile up on
- smiled up on
- smiled upon
- smiles up on
- smiles upon
- smiling up on
- smiling upon
- subscribes to
- subscribing to
• endorse
- gave a boost to
- gave boost to
- gave go ahead
- gave go-ahead
- gave goahead
- gave green light
- gave one word
- gave one's word
- gave ones word
- gave the go ahead
- gave the go-ahead
- gave the goahead
- gave the nod
- gave word
- give boost to
- give go ahead
- give goahead
- give one word
- give ones word
- give the go ahead
- give the goahead
- gives a boost to
- gives boost to
- gives go ahead
- gives go-ahead
- gives goahead
- gives green light
- gives one word
- gives one's word
- gives ones word
- gives the go ahead
- gives the go-ahead
- gives the goahead
- gives the nod
- gives word
- giving a boost to
- giving boost to
- giving go ahead
- giving go-ahead
- giving goahead
- giving green light
- giving one word
- giving one's word
- giving ones word
- giving the go ahead
- giving the go-ahead
- giving the goahead
- giving the nod
- giving word
- lend name to
- lend one name to
- lend ones name to
- lending name to
- lending one name to
- lending one's name to
- lending ones name to
- lends name to
- lends one name to
- lends one's name to
- lends ones name to
- lent name to
- lent one name to
- lent one's name to
- lent ones name to
- stumped for
- stumping for
- stumps for
• endure
- am left
- am long lived
- am patient with
- am timeless
- are left
- are patient with
- are timeless
- art left
- art long lived
- art patient with
- art timeless
- bare brunt
- bare the brunt
- beared brunt
- beared the brunt
- bearing brunt
- bearing the brunt
- bears brunt
- bears the brunt
- being left
- being long lived
- being patient with
- being timeless
- bore brunt
- bore the brunt
- carried through
- carries through
- copes with
- grin bear it
- grinned and bear it
- grinned bear it
- grinning and bear it
- grinning bear it
- grins and bear it
- grins bear it
- had no end
- haddest no end
- hadst no end
- has no end
- hast no end
- hath no end
- held on
- holding on
- is left
- is long lived
- is patient with
- is timeless
- lived out
- lives out
- living out
- living through
- nevered say die
- nevering say die
- nevers say die
- puts with
- putting with
- repressed feelings
- represses feelings
- repressing feelings
- resigned oneself
- resigning oneself
- resigns oneself
- rid out
- rides out
- riding out
- rode out
- sat through
- sate through
- sits through
- sitting through
- sticked it out
- sticking it out
- sticks it out
- stuck it out
- subjected to
- subjecting to
- subjects to
- submits to
- takes patiently
- taking patiently
- took patiently
- was long lived
- was patient with
- was timeless
- wast left
- wast long lived
- wast patient with
- wast timeless
- wearing on
- wearing well
- wears on
- were left
- were long lived
- were patient with
- were timeless
- wert left
- wert long lived
- wert patient with
- wert timeless
- wore on
- wore well
• energize
- actified
- actifies
- actifying
- activized
- activizes
- activizing
- ex cite
- ex cited
- ex cites
- ex citing
- ex-cite
- ex-cited
- ex-cites
- in nervate
- in-nervate
- innervates
- innervating
- juices up
- juicing up
- livened up
- livening up
- livens up
- pumps up
- put zip in to
- puts zip in to
- puts zip into
- putting zip in to
- putting zip into
- starting up
- starts up
- switches on
• face
- am confronted by
- are confronted by
- art confronted by
- being confronted by
- bits bullet
- bits the bullet
- bitted bullet
- bitted the bullet
- bitting bullet
- bitting the bullet
- flew face of
- flew in face of
- flies face of
- flies in face of
- fly face of
- flying face of
- flying in face of
- goes against
- goes up against
- going against
- going up against
- grappled with
- grapples with
- grappling with
- is confronted by
- made a stand
- made stand
- make stand
- makes a stand
- makes stand
- making a stand
- making stand
- squares off
- take bull by horns
- take the bull by horns
- takes bull by horns
- takes bull by the horns
- takes the bull by horns
- takes the bull by the horns
- taking bull by horns
- taking bull by the horns
- taking the bull by horns
- taking the bull by the horns
- took bull by horns
- took bull by the horns
- took the bull by horns
- took the bull by the horns
- was confronted by
- wast confronted by
- went against
- went up against
- were confronted by
- wert confronted by
• feed
- breast-feed
- cater to
• fend for
- eked out existence
- ekes out existence
- eking out existence
- made provision for
- makes do
- makes provision for
- making provision for
- provides for
- providing for
- staid alive
- stayed alive
- staying alive
- stays alive
• fortify
- Re-store
- poured it on
- poured on
- pouring it on
- pouring on
- pours it on
- pours on
- punched up
- punches up
- punching up
- re new
- re news
- re store
- re stored
- re stores
- re storing
- re-new
- re-news
- re-stored
- re-stores
- re-storing
• foster
- ministered to
- ministering to
- ministers to
• fuel
- fill er up
- filled 'er up
- filled er up
- filling 'er up
- filling er up
- fills 'er up
- fills er up
- gases up
- gassed up
- gasses up
- gassing up
- in cite
- in cites
- in flame
- in flamed
- in flaming
- in-cite
- in-cited
- in-flame
- in-flamed
- in-flames
- stoked up
- stokes up
- stoking up
• have
- am compelled to
- am duty to
- am one duty to
- am one's duty to
- am ones duty to
- am to
- am up to
- are compelled to
- are duty to
- are forced to
- are one duty to
- are one's duty to
- are ones duty to
- are to
- are up to
- art compelled to
- art forced to
- art one's duty to
- art ones duty to
- art to
- art up to
- be came
- be come
- be comes
- be duty to
- be one duty to
- be ones duty to
- be to
- be-came
- be-come
- be-comes
- be-coming
- being compelled to
- being duty to
- being forced to
- being one duty to
- being one's duty to
- being ones duty to
- being to
- being up to
- falling on
- falls on
- is compelled to
- is duty to
- is forced to
- is one duty to
- is one's duty to
- is ones duty to
- is to
- is up to
- rested with
- rests with
- shoulds
- was compelled to
- was duty to
- was forced to
- was one duty to
- was one's duty to
- was ones duty to
- was to
- was up to
- wast compelled to
- wast duty to
- wast forced to
- wast one duty to
- wast one's duty to
- wast ones duty to
- wast to
- wast up to
- were compelled to
- were duty to
- were forced to
- were one duty to
- were one's duty to
- were ones duty to
- were to
- were up to
- wert compelled to
- wert duty to
- wert forced to
- wert one duty to
- wert one's duty to
- wert ones duty to
- wert to
- wert up to
• help
- am of use
- am use
- are use
- art use
- be use
- being of use
- being use
- did a favor
- did a service
- did favor
- did one part
- did one's part
- did ones part
- did part
- did service
- didst a favor
- didst a service
- didst favor
- didst one part
- didst one's part
- didst ones part
- didst part
- didst service
- do favor
- do one part
- do ones part
- do part
- does a favor
- does a service
- does favor
- does one part
- does one's part
- does ones part
- does part
- does service
- doest a favor
- doest a service
- doest favor
- doest one part
- doest one's part
- doest ones part
- doest part
- doest service
- doeth a favor
- doeth a service
- doeth favor
- doeth one part
- doeth one's part
- doeth ones part
- doeth part
- doeth service
- doing a favor
- doing a service
- doing favor
- doing one part
- doing one's part
- doing ones part
- doing part
- doing service
- dost a favor
- dost a service
- dost favor
- dost one part
- dost one's part
- dost ones part
- dost part
- dost service
- doth a favor
- doth a service
- doth favor
- doth one part
- doth one's part
- doth ones part
- doth part
- doth service
- inter cede
- inter ceded
- inter cedes
- inter ceding
- inter-cede
- inter-ceded
- inter-cedes
- inter-ceding
- is of use
- is use
- saw through
- sees through
- was of use
- was use
- wast of use
- wast use
- were of use
- were use
- wert of use
- wert use
• hold
- under pinned
- under pinning
- under pins
- under-pin
- under-pinned
- under-pinning
- under-pins
• justify
- am answerable for
- are answerable for
- argued for
- argues for
- art answerable for
- being answerable for
- cop plea
- did justice to
- didst justice to
- does justice to
- doest justice to
- doeth justice to
- doing justice to
- dost justice to
- doth justice to
- is answerable for
- made allowances
- makes allowances
- makes good
- making allowances
- re butted
- re butting
- re-butted
- re-butting
- showed cause
- showing cause
- shows cause
- spake favor
- spake in favor
- speak favor
- speaking favor
- speaking in favor
- speaks favor
- speaks in favor
- spoke favor
- spoke in favor
- was answerable for
- wast answerable for
- were answerable for
- wert answerable for
• know
- am acquainted with
- are acquainted with
- are friends with
- art acquainted with
- art friends with
- being acquainted with
- being friends with
- gat acquainted
- gets acquainted
- getting acquainted
- got acquainted
- gotten acquainted
- had dealings with
- haddest dealings with
- hadst dealings with
- has dealings with
- hast dealings with
- hath dealings with
- having dealings with
- is friends with
- was acquainted with
- was friends with
- wast acquainted with
- wast friends with
- were acquainted with
- were friends with
- wert acquainted with
- wert friends with
• maintain
- goes on with
- going on with
- keeping going
- keeps going
- re pair
- re paired
- re pairing
- re pairs
- re-pair
- re-paired
- re-pairing
- re-pairs
- went on with
• make light, encourage
- buoy (up)
Other synonyms:

•

buoy
cancel
uplift

•

build up

•

build up someone's hopes
get someone's hopes up/build someone's hopes (up)/raise someone's hopes
raise (someone's) hopes/expectations

•

be (caught/stuck) between a rock and a hard place
be in dire/desperate straits
be in the grip of something
come under
go through
not know where/which way to turn

Other relevant words:

• afford

• aid

• assist

• back

• carry

• conserve

• continue

• defend

• endure

• energize

• feed

• fend for

• fuel

• keep going

perpetuate

• know

• perpetuate

Immortalized
keep in existence

• preserve

• protect

defend

• relieve

• see

• stabilize

• strengthen

• support

• Other relevant words (adjective):

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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Equivalence
- Adjective
  sustained, Sustaining.
- Proper noun, singular
  Sustaining.
- Noun, singular or mass
  Sustaining.
Independent
- Preposition or subordinating conjunction
  retain.
- Proper noun, singular
  controls, fuels.
- Verb, past tense
  backed, protected, Argued, Brought, Defended, Remained, Upheld, Contributed, safeguards.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  argue, remain.
- Verb, base form
  absorb, accompany, achieve, affirm, afford, argue, assume, assure, attain, backstop, bear, boost, buttress, conduct, confirm, consolidate, contain, defend, defray, detain, encourage, endure, enforce, entertain, establish, feed, generate, guarantee, handle, insure, justify, lay, manage, obtain, persist, prop, provide, reinforce, remain, resist, restrain, satisfy, save, saving, solidify, stabilise, stabilize, stand, stick, stimulate, subsidise, subsidize, substantiate, sue, suffer, tolerate, underlie, underpin, undertake, withstand.
Other Related
- Preposition or subordinating conjunction
  Maintaining.
- Adjective
  preserve, Maintaining.
- Proper noun, singular
  preserve, retain, Maintaining, supports.
- Verb, past tense
  preserved, Maintaining.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  retain.
- Verb, base form
  accommodate, assert, engage, incur, nourish, perpetuate, persevere, preserve, prolong, retain, subsistence, survive, sustainable, undergo, underwrite.

What are the hypernyms for Sustain?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for sustain (as verbs)
- stative
  keep on, retain, keep, continue.

What are the hyponyms for Sustain?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for sustain (as verbs)
- communication
  admit, acknowledge.
- stative
  continue, uphold, bear on, carry on, preserve.

What are the opposite words for sustain?

Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings to another word. In the case of sustain, the antonyms could be terminate or halt, which means to stop or end something. Other antonyms for sustain could include exhaust or deplete, which is to use up or consume all of something. Discontinue, break or disrupt, all of these words can be used to indicate a discontinuation in the continuity of something. Other antonyms to sustain include weaken, drain, and damage which all mean to cause a decrease or reduction in strength, energy, or quality. The antonyms of sustain are important to know, as they help to differentiate between the concepts of persistence and discontinuation.

What are the antonyms for Sustain?

adj.
• noun
- malign
- wrong
n.
• noun
- abuse
- assault
- defile
- end
- harm
- misuse
- pervert
- quash
- repeal
- slander
- storm
v.
• alter
- Metamorphosed
- Re-form
- Re-forming
- caponize
- caponized
- caponizes
- caponizing
- co oked
- co oking
- co-oked
- co-oking
- correct mid course
- correct mid-course
- correct midcourse
- corrected mid course
- corrected mid-course
- corrected midcourse
- correcting mid course
- correcting mid-course
- correcting midcourse
- corrects mid course
- corrects mid-course
- corrects midcourse
- de sexualize
- de sexualized
- de sexualizes
- de sexualizing
- de-sexualize
- de-sexualized
- de-sexualizes
- de-sexualizing
- desexualize
- desexualized
- desexualizes
- desexualizing
- dial back
- dialed back
- dialing back
- dialled back
- dialling back
- dials back
- made different
- make different
- makes different
- making different
- meta morphoses
- meta-morphoses
- metamorphose
- phonied up
- phonies up
- phony up
- phonying up
- re calibrate
- re calibrated
- re calibrates
- re calibrating
- re cast
- re casting
- re casts
- re construct
- re constructed
- re constructing
- re constructs
- re fashion
- re fashioned
- re fashioning
- re fashions
- re form
- re formed
- re forming
- re forms
- re model
- re modeled
- re modelled
- re modelling
- re models
- re shape
- re shaped
- re shapes
- re shaping
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• attack
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- jump down one throat
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- let go
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- refuse
- reject
- shorten
- starve
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- take
- trouble
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- weaken
• noun
- bypass
- circumvent
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- decline
- dismiss
- dodge
- drop
- elude
- escape
- fall under
- fight
- forbear
- give up
- miss
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• suspend
- Intermitted
- Intermitting
- Prorogued
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- art pendent
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- with holding
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- with-hold
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v. t.
• noun
- aggrieve
v. t. & i.
• noun
- revile
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Usage examples for Sustain

But the soul also, not having life in itself, needs to be sustained from without; and when in a healthy state it seeks by a natural appetite that which will sustain it.

"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"

Marcus Dods

They are only combined to sustain their mutual political interests as it regards other nations.

"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"

Maturin M. Ballou

He considers the labour question of the present day to be the very serious and plain question, how the great bulk of the working classes are to get the bread and clothing necessary to sustain them in life.

"Contemporary Socialism"

John Rae

Famous quotes with Sustain

In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.

Wayne Allard
The Polar Express is about faith, and the power of imagination to sustain faith. It's also about the desire to reside in a world where magic can happen, the kind of world we all believed in as children, but one that disappears as we grow older.

Chris Van Allsburg
Religion which requires persecution to sustain, it is of the devil's propagation.

Hosea Ballou
I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.

Ritchie Blackmore
I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed.

Nellie Bly

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