SUSTAINS Synonyms

• 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

• a person who possesses great material wealth

• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

• have as a feature

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• have ownership or possession of

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

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• have a personal or business relationship with someone

• organize or be responsible for

• have left

• be confronted with

• undergo

• suffer from; be ill with

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

• receive willingly something given or offered

• get something; come into possession of

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to be born

• have sex with; archaic use

• the act of grasping

• understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something

• power by which something or someone is affected or dominated

• time during which some action is awaited

• a state of being confined (usually for a short time)

• a stronghold

• a cell in a jail or prison

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo

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

• have or hold in one's hands or grip

• organize or be responsible for

• have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense

• keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view

• maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• secure and keep for possible future use or application

• have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• contain or hold; have within

• have room for; hold without crowding

• remain in a certain state, position, or condition

• support or hold in a certain manner

• be valid, applicable, or true

• assert or affirm

• have as a major characteristic

• be capable of holding or containing

• arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance

• protect against a challenge or attack

• bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted

• hold the attention of

• remain committed to

• resist or confront with resistance

• be pertinent or relevant or applicable

• stop dealing with

• lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits

• keep from departing

• take and maintain control over, often by violent means

• cause to come to an abrupt stop

• cover as for protection against noise or smell

• drink alcohol without showing ill effects

• aim, point, or direct

• declare to be

• be in accord; be in agreement

• keep from exhaling or expelling

• the financial means whereby one lives

• the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

• a cell in a jail or prison

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

• continue a certain state, condition, or activity

• retain possession of

• stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state

• conform one's action or practice to

• stick to correctly or closely

• look after; be the keeper of; have charge of

• maintain by writing regular records

• supply with room and board

• allow to remain in a place or position or maintain a property or feature

• supply with necessities and support

• fail to spoil or rot

• behave as expected during of holidays or rites

• maintain in safety from injury, harm, or danger

• to rear

• retain rights to

• store or keep customarily

• have as a supply

• maintain for use and service

• hold and prevent from leaving

• prevent the action or expression of

• prevent (food) from rotting

• 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

• provide with nourishment

• give nourishment to

• the properties acquired as a consequence of the way you were treated as a child

• helping someone grow up to be an accepted member of the community

• help develop, help grow

• look after a child until it is an adult

• provide with nourishment

• lengthen in time; cause to be or last longer

• lengthen or extend in duration or space

• establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts

• represent in bodily form

• make real or concrete; give reality or substance to

• solidify, firm, or strengthen

• undergo or be subjected to

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• experience (emotional) pain

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• get worse in quality

• be in pain

• feel physical pain

• feel unwell or uncomfortable

• be given to

• undergo or suffer

• be set at a disadvantage

• be the physical support of; carry the weight of

• hold up something as an example; hold up one's achievements for admiration

• cause to be slowed down or delayed

• rob at gunpoint or by means of some other threat

• continue to live and avoid dying

• resist or confront with resistance

• resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.

• maintain a required pace or level

• lengthen or extend in duration or space

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

• keep informed

• prevent from going to bed at night