sustain | Definition of sustain

Synonyms and Antonyms of sustain

1 to supply with nourishment

a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch

Synonyms of sustain

nourish, nurture

Words Related to sustain

sate, satiate, satisfy

cloy, fill, surfeit

fortify, replenish, strengthen

board, cater, provision, victual

2 to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it

sustained serious injuries in the car crash

Synonyms of sustain

endure, experience, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, taste, undergo, witness

Words Related to sustain

encounter, meet

accept, receive

assimilate, digest

Phrases Synonymous with sustain

3 to put up with (something painful or difficult)

I won't sustain such insolence!

Synonyms of sustain

abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]

Words Related to sustain

allow, permit, suffer, swallow

acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)

Phrases Synonymous with sustain

live with, lump (it), stand for, tough out (it)

Near Antonyms of sustain

decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down

combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist

avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss

abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)

4 to hold up or serve as a foundation for

that old chair won't sustain your weight

Synonyms of sustain

bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, undergird, underpin, uphold

Words Related to sustain

steady, truss, underlie