Synonyms and Antonyms of sustain
1
to supply with nourishment
- a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch
sate, satiate, satisfy
nurse, suckle
cloy, fill, surfeit
fortify, replenish, strengthen
feed
board, cater, provision, victual
2
to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it
- sustained serious injuries in the car crash
endure, experience, feel, have, know, pass, see, suffer, taste, undergo, witness
3
to put up with (something painful or difficult)
- I won't sustain such insolence!
abide, absorb, accept, bear, bide [chiefly dialect], brook, countenance, endure, go, hack, handle, meet, pocket, stand, stick out, stomach, support, sweat out, take, tolerate, wear [British]
allow, permit, suffer, swallow
reconcile (to)
acquiesce, agree (with or to), assent (to), capitulate, consent (to), respect, submit (to), yield (to)
decline, dismiss, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, turn down
combat, contest, fight, oppose, resist
avoid, bypass, circumvent, dodge, elude, escape, evade, miss
abstain (from), forbear, refrain (from)
4
to hold up or serve as a foundation for
- that old chair won't sustain your weight
bear, bolster, brace, buttress, carry, prop (up), shore (up), stay, support, undergird, underpin, uphold
