Synonyms for sustain
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Maintain
maintain, keep, suffer, continue, preserve, carry, endure, have, bear, keep up, prolong, get, uphold, stay, subsist, stand, go on, undergo, abide, weather, aby, withstand
2. Establish
support, establish, help, prove, bolster, corroborate, substantiate, stand up for, confirm, assist, aid, back, affirm, bear up, buttress, prop, approve, ratify, sanction, buoy, abet, attest
Other
Definitions
- v. 1
To maintain, or keep in existence.
The city came under sustained attack by enemy forces.
- v. 2
To provide for or nourish.
provisions to sustain an army
- v. 3
To encourage or sanction (something).
Related words
- Word family
- sustainer sustainment
Forms
- Past participle
- sustained
e.g. sustained → maintained, suffered, continued, preserved…
Example sentences
- continue We have to continue doing this until it gets done.
- maintain Algeria is determined to maintain its sovereignty.
- suffer The love that I suffer from is a shameful disease.
- preserve Here are a few good rules on how to preserve food.
- prove Further study will prove that the theory is right.
- establish You establish the property right by paying for it.
By length
- 3 letters
- get1, aid1, aby
- 4 letters
- have1, back1, help1, keep1, stay1, hold1, bear1, feed1, prop1, buoy2, abet2
- 5 letters
- stand1, carry2, prove1, abide2
- 6 letters
- suffer2, assist2, foster2, endure2, uphold2, affirm2, attest2, ratify3
- 7 letters
- support2, weather2, confirm2, approve2, justify3, undergo3, cherish2, bolster2, nurture2, prolong2, nourish2, subsist2
- 8 letters
- continue3, maintain2, preserve2, sanction2, buttress2
- 9 letters
- establish3, entertain3, withstand2
- 10 letters
- strengthen2, perpetuate4
- 11 letters
- corroborate4
- 12 letters
- substantiate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (buoy2 = 2 syllables).