SUSTAINED Synonyms

• continuing in time or space without interruption

• of a function or curve; extending without break or irregularity

• lasting a long time

• patiently bearing continual wrongs or trouble

• continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place

• retained; not shed

• existing for a long time

• lasting a long time without change

• currently happening

• continuing forever or indefinitely

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• retained; not shed

• never-ceasing

• continually recurring to the mind

• stubbornly unyielding

• relatively long in duration; tediously protracted

• drawn out or made longer spatially

• resistant to change of position or condition

• a farm building for housing horses or other livestock

• firm and dependable; subject to little fluctuation

• not taking part readily in chemical change

• maintaining equilibrium

• showing little if any change

• shelter in a stable

• marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable

• firm and dependable especially in loyalty

• marked by continuous or uninterrupted extension in space or time or sequence

• (of farmland) not plowed

• (especially of promises or contracts) not violated or disregarded

• not broken; whole and intact; in one piece

• not subdued or trained for service or use

• continuing forever or indefinitely

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• never dying

• continuing in time or space without interruption

• having undisturbed continuity

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• the activity of providing for or maintaining by supplying with money or necessities

• aiding the cause or policy or interests of

• something providing immaterial assistance to a person or cause or interest

• a military operation (often involving new supplies of men and materiel) to strengthen a military force or aid in the performance of its mission

• documentary validation

• the financial means whereby one lives

• supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts

• any device that bears the weight of another thing

• financial resources provided to make some project possible

• give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to

• support materially or financially

• be behind; approve of

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• adopt as a belief

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• argue or speak in defense of

• play a subordinate role to (another performer)

• be a regular customer or client of

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true

• say yes to

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• strengthen or make more firm

• make more firm

• support a person for a position

• administer the rite of confirmation to

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• give evidence for

• support with evidence or authority or make more certain or confirm

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction