Sustenance

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act of sustaining.
  • n. The condition of being sustained.
  • n. The supporting of life or health; maintenance: "to deliver in every morning six beeves, forty sheep, and other victuals for my sustenance” ( Jonathan Swift).
  • n. Something, especially food, that sustains life or health.
  • n. Means of livelihood.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something that provides support or nourishment.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence.
  • n. That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An upholding; the act of bearing.
  • n. The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence: as, the sustenance of life.
  • n. That which supports life; food; provisions; means of living.
  • n. Synonyms Subsistence, etc. See living.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a source of materials to nourish the body
  • n. the financial means whereby one lives
  • n. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    support   
    Form
    sustain   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    support    maintenance    subsistence    food    victuals    provisions    aid    continuation    endurance    suffering   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nourishment    subsistence    refreshment    nutriment    livelihood    well-being    consolation    recreation    succour    comfort   
     
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