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View usage for: (sʌstɪnəns) uncountable nounSustenance is food or drink which a person, animal, or plant needs to remain alive and healthy. [formal] The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance, but little else. Synonyms: nourishment, food, provisions, rations More Synonyms of sustenance More Synonyms of sustenance sustenance in British English (ˈsʌstənəns) noun1. means of sustaining health or life; nourishment 2. means of maintenance; livelihood 3. Also: sustention (səˈstɛnʃən) the act or process of sustaining or the quality of being sustained Word origin C13: from Old French sostenance, from sustenir to sustainsustenance in American English (ˈsʌstənəns) noun1. a sustaining or being sustained 2. one's means of livelihood; maintenance; support 3. that which sustains life; nourishment; food Word origin ME < OFr soustenance < LL sustinentia, patience, endurance < L sustinere: see sustain Examples of 'sustenance' in a sentencesustenance Definition means of maintaining health or life The state provided a basic quantity of food for daily sustenance. Synonyms provisions rations refreshments daily bread victuals edibles comestibles aliment eatables refection Definition means of maintaining health or life everything that is necessary for the sustenance of the offspring Additional synonymsDefinition any substance that can be taken into the body by a living organism and changed into energy and body tissue Enjoy your food! Synonyms nourishment, cooking, provisions, fare, board, commons, table (formal), eats (slang), stores, feed, diet, meat, bread, menu, tuck (informal), tucker (Australian, New Zealand, informal), rations, nutrition, cuisine, tack (informal), refreshment, scoff (slang), nibbles, grub (slang), foodstuffs, subsistence, kai (New Zealand, informal), larder, chow (informal), sustenance, nosh (slang), daily bread, victuals, edibles, comestibles, provender, nosebag (slang), pabulum (rare), nutriment, vittles (obsolete, dialect), viands, aliment, eatables (slang), survival rations, F%D Definition food I'm starving - let's have some kai. Synonyms food, grub (slang), provisions, fare, board, commons, eats (slang), feed, diet, meat, bread, tuck (informal), tucker (Australian, New Zealand, informal), rations, nutrition, tack (informal), refreshment, scoff (slang), nibbles, foodstuffs, nourishment, chow (informal), sustenance, nosh (slang), daily bread, victuals, edibles, comestibles, provender, nosebag (slang), pabulum (rare), nutriment, vittles (obsolete, dialect), viands, aliment, eatables (slang), F%D Definition one's job or other source of income fishermen who depend on the seas for their livelihood. Synonyms occupation, work, employment, means, living, job, maintenance, subsistence, bread and butter (informal), sustenance, (means of) support, (source of) income Nearby words ofsustenance - suss out
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- swagger
- swallow
Additional synonymsDefinition financial provision ordered to be made by way of periodical payments or a lump sum, usually for a separated or divorced spouse His parents paid his maintenance while he was at university. Synonyms allowance, living, support, keep, food, livelihood, subsistence, upkeep, sustenance, alimony, aliment It's excellent provender, skilfully prepared. Synonyms food, eats (slang), supplies, feed, provisions, fare, rations, groceries, tack (informal), grub (slang), foodstuffs, kai (New Zealand, informal), sustenance, nosh (slang), victuals, edibles, comestibles, nosebag (slang), vittles (obsolete, dialect), eatables Up to £350,000 has been spent on travel and subsistence. Synonyms living, maintenance, upkeep, keep, support, board, existence, survival, livelihood, board and lodging |