Sustain synonyms and antonyms
sə-stān'
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Part of speech:
To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
bear on the shoulder
To carry
Maintain is defined as to keep in a current state in order to prevent from failing or breaking or to carry on or to support or provide.
To ensure that one remains well-informed about something
maintain the health of
To nourish
keep in health
To nourish
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(Law) To transfer ownership of or title to.
support the weight of
To carry
To hold up; support:
To carry off to a penal colony, etc.; banish; deport
provide food for
To nourish
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give food to
To nourish
To raise by educating, training, etc.
supply food for
To nourish
To manage or guide carefully; look after with care; foster:
To behave as a friend to.
To approve, advocate, or support:
To choose to take the same point of view as (someone).
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abandon (antonym)
To surrender one's claim to, right to, or interest in; give up entirely:
desert (antonym)
To withdraw from, especially in spite of a responsibility or duty; forsake:
neglect (antonym)
To fail to care for or attend to sufficiently or properly; slight
injure (antonym)
To commit an injustice or offense against; wrong:
starve (antonym)
Starve is defined as to die or suffer from hunger, or to have an intense want for something.
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oppose (antonym)
To oppose is to disapprove of or be against something.
hinder (antonym)
To interfere with action or progress.
forsake. See syn. study at support.support (antonym)
To defend
provide (related)
To furnish the means of support
defend (related)
(Sports) To focus one's energies and talents on preventing opponents from scoring, as opposed to focusing on scoring.
sustentative
(Biology) Relating to those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.
A maintaining or being maintained; upkeep, support, defense, etc.; specif., the work of keeping a building, machinery, etc. in good repair
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(Figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
Support; sustenance.
(Uncountable, figuratively) Anything intended to supply energy or nourishment of an entity or idea.
Anything that promotes growth, development, or good health
Plural form of refreshment
One's means of livelihood; maintenance; support
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sustention
The definition of abet means to support or help with an action, usually an illegal one.
To stand fast; remain; go on being
To support or help, as with money, endorsement, etc.
To bolster is to uplift.
(Intransitive) To prepare for something bad, as an impact or blow.
To make feel less sad or disappointed; comfort
To hold or keep within limits; restrain:
The definition of continue means to remain or go on.
The definition of corroborate is to take an action to make something more certain.
To give support to; foster:
Endure is defined as to put up with or to undergo.
To participate in personally; undergo:
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To give food to; provide food for
Foster is defined as to promote or encourage or to raise a child who is not one's biological or adoptive child.
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
To keep alive; maintain:
To maintain throughout; to keep intact.
To support or shore up something.
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To experience, undergo, or feel (something painful, injurious, or unpleasant):
To fill sufficiently; satisfy:
Tolerate means for a body to accept something.
To experience; to pass through a phase.
To resist or endure (something) successfully.
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abstain (antonym)
To hold oneself back; voluntarily do without; refrain (from)
discontinue (antonym)
stop (antonym)
To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:
halt (antonym)
To stop; pause:
To gain victory, support, or acceptance for:
To lift up or keep up in spirits; encourage
(Intransitive) To receive something willingly.
To put up with; endure
(Informal) To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration:
To go on enduring; put up with; bear; tolerate
To be able to eat or digest
(Intransitive) To take food down into the stomach; to make the muscular contractions of the oesophagus to achieve this, often taken as a sign of nervousness or strong emotion. [from 18th c.]
(Informal) (like it or) lump it, to (willingly or) unwillingly have to put up with something disagreeable
take it lying down
keep (related)
To remain in a state or condition; stay:
To be obliged to; must:
To show to be true or real by giving evidence; prove; confirm
To declare positively; assert to be true:
To keep from falling or moving; support:
bring about (related)
achieve (related)
undermine (related)
overcome (related)
weaken (related)
contribute to (related)
accelerate (related)
carry on the back
To carry
keep from falling
To carry
keep from sinking
To carry
To change from one public conveyance to another:
put a shoulder under
To carry
(Slang) To be able to deliver (a blow, punch, etc.) with force
To determine the total of; add up.
Comfort means to give a sense of peace to someone.
Uphold is defined as to support or defend, or to keep from sinking.
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