Sustains Synonyms and Antonyms

To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. upholds
  2. supports
  3. props
  4. buoys
  5. bolsters
Be the physical support of; carry the weight of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. supports
  2. prolongs
  3. lugs
  4. totes
  5. carries
  6. packs
  7. bears
  8. transfers
  9. transports
  10. holds
  11. conveys
Antonyms:
  1. stops
  2. discontinues
  3. deserts
  4. drops
  5. abstains
  6. abandons

Sustains Sentence Examples

  • The crystal sustains you for eternity and binds you.

  • It resembles the flying creature only in this, that it is immersed in the ocean of air in which it sustains itself.

  • Is it because she's his mate or because her blood sustains him?

  • Many of these still remain in another form (the district hospital, the lunatic asylum, the gaol, two asylums for the infirm and destitute, the Protestant and Catholic orphan schools), involving a government expenditure which partly sustains the business of the town.

  • Hence the upper region of the Alps sustains a far more varied and brilliant vegetation.

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