Word Meanings - SUSTAIN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains
Additional info about word: SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains a load; a rope sustains a weight. Every pillar the temple to sustain. Chaucer. 2. Hence, to keep from sinking, as in despondence, or the like; to support. No comfortable expectations of another life to sustain him under the evils in this world. Tillotson. 3. To maintain; to keep alive; to support; to subsist; to nourish; as, provisions to sustain an army. 4. To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate. Shak. His sons, who seek the tyrant to sustain. Dryden. 5. To endure without failing or yielding; to bear up under; as, to sustain defeat and disappointment. 6. To suffer; to bear; to undergo. Shall Turnus, then, such endless toil sustain Dryden. You shall sustain more new disgraces. Shak. 7. To allow the prosecution of; to admit as valid; to sanction; to continue; not to dismiss or abate; as, the court sustained the action or suit. 8. To prove; to establish by evidence; to corroborate or confirm; to be conclusive of; as, to sustain a charge, an accusation, or a proposition. Syn. -- To support; uphold; subsist; assist; relieve; suffer; undergo.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of SUSTAIN)
- Bear
- Carry
- lift
- transport
- convey
- maintain
- uphold
- suffer
- undergo
- support
- tolerate
- waft
- yield
- sustain
- hold
- harbor
- entertain
- fill
- enact
- endure
- admit
- produce
- generate
- Bolster
- Support
- prop
- help
- subsidize
- patch
- tinker
- buoy
- Buoy
- Float
- elevate
- elate
- assure
- animate
- cheer
- inspire
- Hold
- Keep
- grasp
- retain
- restrain
- defend
- occupy
- possess
- regard
- consider
- cohere
- continue
- have
- detain
- guard
- preserve
- suppress
- repress
- conceal
- tend
- conduct
- obey
- haunt
- observe
- frequent
- celebrate
- protect
- adhere to
- practise
- binder
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of SUSTAIN)
- Eject
- expel
- discard
- discourage
- stifle
- exclude
- banish
- dismiss
- Miss
- overlook
- disregard
- despise
- dislike
- contemn
- hate
- loathe
- misconsider
- misconceive
- misestimate
- misjudge
- Drop
- betray
- surrender
- abandon
- discontinue
- oppose
- weaken
- exhaust
- thwart
- discountenance
- disfavor
- subvert
- suppress
Related words: (words related to SUSTAIN)
- DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - MAINTAIN
by the hand; main hand + F. tenir to hold . See 1. To hold or keep in any particular state or condition; to support; to sustain; to uphold; to keep up; not to suffer to fail or decline; as, to maintain a certain degree of heat in a furnace; - FREQUENTATIVE
Serving to express the frequent repetition of an action; as, a frequentative verb. -- n. - DISMISSIVE
Giving dismission. - SUSTAIN
F. soutenir (the French prefix is properly fr. L. subtus below, fr. sub under), L. sustinere; pref. sus- + tenere to hold. See 1. To keep from falling; to bear; to uphold; to support; as, a foundation sustains the superstructure; a beast sustains - ASSURER
1. One who assures. Specifically: One who insures against loss; an insurer or underwriter. 2. One who takes out a life assurance policy. - SUPPORTABLE
Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv. - TINKER
A small mortar on the end of a staff. A young mackerel about two years old. The chub mackerel. The silversides. A skate. (more info) his trade is to beat a kettle, or because in his work he makes a 1. A mender of brass kettles, pans, and other - MISJUDGE
To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue. - POSSESSIVE
Of or pertaining to possession; having or indicating possession. Possessive case , the genitive case; the case of nouns and pronouns which expresses ownership, origin, or some possessive relation of one thing to another; as, Homer's admirers; the - ADMITTER
One who admits. - STIFLED
Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne. - GUARDIAN
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., - EJECTOR
A jet jump for lifting water or withdrawing air from a space. Ejector condenser , a condenser in which the vacuum is maintained by a jet pump. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, ejects or dispossesses. - GUARDIANSHIP
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch. - SUPPORTATION
Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon. - ENACTMENT
1. The passing of a bill into a law; the giving of legislative sanction and executive approval to a bill whereby it is established as a law. 2. That which is enacted or passed into a law; a law; a decree; a statute; a prescribed requirement; as, - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - CONSIDERINGLY
With consideration or deliberation. - YIELD
pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be - DEJECTION
1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides, - UPCHEER
To cheer up. Spenser. - LONG-SUFFERANCE
Forbearance to punish or resent. - OVERFREQUENT
Too frequent. - SAFE-CONDUCT
That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak. - MANDELATE
A salt of mandelic acid. - CHAUNTERIE
See CHAUCER - DEJECTORY
1. Having power, or tending, to cast down. 2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.