Synonyms for maintenance
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Sustainment
sustainment, sustenance, support, keep, living, livelihood, subsistence, sustentation rare
2. Upkeep
upkeep, care, preservation, keeping, retention, conservation
3. Alimony — alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce
Definitions
- n. 1
Alimony, a periodical payment or a lump sum made or ordered to be made to a spouse after a divorce.
- n. 2
Actions performed to keep some machine or system functioning or in service.
- n. 3
A tort and (in some jurisdictions) an offence committed when a third party who does not have a bona fide interest in a lawsuit provides help or acquires an interest to a litigant's lawsuit.
Forms
- Plural
- maintenances → sustainments, sustenances, supports, keeps…
Example sentences
- preservation What is your opinion about language preservation?
- upkeep It's not the initial cost that worries me. It's the upkeep.
- alimony Tom said that he was three months behind on alimony.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| maintenance | falling | |
| sustainment | rising | |
| preservation | falling | |
| upkeep | falling | |
| alimony | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- keep1, care1
- 6 letters
- living2, upkeep2
- 7 letters
- support2, keeping2, alimony4
- 9 letters
- retention3
- 10 letters
- livelihood3, sustenance3
- 11 letters
- subsistence3, sustainment
- 12 letters
- conservation4, preservation4, sustentation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (living2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- entretien
- Italiano
- manutenzione
- Español
- mantenimiento
- Deutsch
- Pflege
- Català
- manteniment