sustenance

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sustenance
n. act of sustaining or being sustained; nourishment, food; livelihood, maintenance, support, upkeep


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sustenance
Noun
1. a source of materials to nourish the body
(synonym) nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, aliment, alimentation, victuals
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) milk
(derivation) nourish, nurture, sustain
2. the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood"
(synonym) support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter
(hypernym) resource
(hyponym) comforts, creature comforts, amenities, conveniences
(derivation) sustain, keep, maintain
3. the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"
(synonym) sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep
(hypernym) support
(derivation) prolong, sustain, keep up


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Sustenance
(n.)
The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
  
 
(n.)
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.
  

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sustenance
Synonyms and related words:
TLC, aid, aliment, alimentation, alimony, backing, board, bread, bread and butter, care, carriage, carrying, cheer, chow, comestibles, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, creature comfort, cuisine, daily bread, eatables, eats, economic support, edibles, endowment, endurance, extension, fare, fast food, feast, food, food and drink, foodstuff, foodstuffs, groceries, grub, health food, ingesta, junk food, keep, kitchen stuff, lengthening, livelihood, living, maintenance, manna, meat, moral support, mothering, nosh, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, pabulum, pap, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, price support, progress, progression, prolongation, protraction, provender, provision, provisions, psychological support, pursuance, rations, refection, refreshment, reliance, repetition, run, salt, scoff, security blanket, spread, staying power, straight course, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, subvention, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sustained action, sustaining, sustainment, sustentation, table, tender loving care, tucker, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, upholding, upkeep, viands, victuals, vittles, way
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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