sustenance

Noun

Meaning

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.

That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

maintenance upkeep sustainment sustentation pap commissariat support living food keep prop bacon manna milch sustainer
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Antonyms

pes banister foundation pier mullion base
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Hypernyms

support food resource nutrient

Hyponyms

goody course chicken milk maintenance meal

Related terms

subsistence

Phrases with the word

means of sustenance self-sustenance sustenance line psychic sustenance emotional sustenance army sustenance

Examples

You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul. Gabriela Mistral

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion. Abdul Kalam

When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government. Grover Cleveland

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Live near water, and ask not about sustenance. Omani Proverb

By cultivating bottom land, you gain sustenance and goods. Sicilian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

sustainwashing Sustaita sustaltic sustenance line sustenation sustentacle