SUSTAINING Synonyms

• remaining in force or being carried on without letup

• persisting for a long time

• conformity or harmony

• the responsibility of a guardian or keeper

• the act of retaining something

• of or providing nourishment

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• a person or thing that is a resource that helps make something easier or possible to do

• the activity of contributing to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose

• gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause

• the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

• give help or assistance; be of service

• improve the condition of

• a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows

• support and strengthen

• prop up with a pillow or bolster

• add padding to

• a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards; typically brightly-coloured

• float on the surface of water

• keep afloat

• mark with a buoy

• the act of carrying something

• move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• serve as a means for expressing something

• bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

• support or hold in a certain manner

• contain or hold; have within

• extend to a certain degree

• continue or extend

• be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

• win in an election

• include, as on a list

• behave in a certain manner

• have on hand

• include as the content; broadcast or publicize

• propel

• pass on a communication

• have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

• be conveyed over a certain distance

• keep up with financial support

• have or possess something abstract

• be equipped with (a mast or sail)

• win approval or support for

• compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

• take further or advance

• have on the surface or on the skin

• capture after a fight

• transfer (entries) from one account book to another

• transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

• pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

• bear (a crop)

• propel or give impetus to

• drink alcohol without showing ill effects

• be able to feed

• have a certain range

• cover a certain distance or advance beyond

• secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

• be successful in

• sing or play against other voices or parts

• be pregnant with

• extend in scope or range or area

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• span an interval of distance, space or time

• make available; provide

• thrust or extend out

• reach outward in space

• offer verbally

• extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body

• expand the influence of

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

• cause to move at full gallop

• open or straighten out; unbend

• use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity

• prolong the time allowed for payment of

• continue or extend

• increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance

• cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity

• keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

• supply with necessities and support

• state categorically

• have and exercise

• maintain for use and service

• maintain by writing regular records

• state or assert

• support against an opponent

• stick to correctly or closely

• cause to continue or prevail

• a domain that seems to be specially reserved for someone

• a reservation where animals are protected

• fruit preserved by cooking with sugar

• keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

• keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction

• to keep up and reserve for personal or special use

• prevent (food) from rotting

• maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

• keep undisturbed for personal or private use for hunting, shooting, or fishing

• a support placed beneath or against something to keep it from shaking or falling

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

• a propeller that rotates to push against air

• support by placing against something solid or rigid

• keep or maintain in unaltered condition; cause to remain or last

• stand up for; stick up for; of causes, principles, or ideals

• support against an opponent

• 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