Exact Match:
- sustain
- admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion"
- supply with necessities and support; "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep"
Synonyms:
- abide,
- abide with,
- admit,
- advocate,
- affirm,
- afford support,
- allege in support,
- allow,
- answer,
- approve,
- argue for,
- assert,
- attest,
- authenticate,
- authorize,
- back,
- back up,
- be exposed to,
- be subjected to,
- bear,
- bear out,
- bear up,
- bear up under,
- bear with,
- beef up,
- befriend,
- bide,
- board,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- brace,
- brace up,
- brave,
- bread,
- brook,
- buoy,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- care for,
- carry,
- carry on,
- case harden,
- certify,
- champion,
- cherish,
- circumstantiate,
- coddle,
- confirm,
- conserve,
- contend for,
- continue,
- continue to be,
- copyright,
- corroborate,
- cosset,
- counter,
- cradle,
- crutch,
- cultivate,
- cushion,
- defeat time,
- defend,
- defy time,
- digest,
- dine,
- document,
- dry-nurse,
- dwell,
- encounter,
- endorse,
- endure,
- espouse,
- exist,
- experience,
- extend,
- favor,
- feed,
- feel,
- finance,
- float,
- float high,
- fodder,
- fondle,
- forage,
- fortify,
- foster,
- fund,
- gird,
- give support,
- go,
- go on,
- go through,
- grass,
- gratify,
- graze,
- guard,
- hang in,
- hang in there,
- hang tough,
- harden,
- have,
- hold,
- hold on,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- invigorate,
- keep,
- keep afloat,
- keep alive,
- keep going,
- keep intact,
- keep inviolate,
- keep on,
- keep safe,
- keep up,
- know,
- labor under,
- last,
- last long,
- last out,
- lavish care on,
- lend support,
- lengthen,
- live,
- live on,
- live through,
- lug,
- lump,
- lump it,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- make a plea,
- meat,
- meet,
- meet up with,
- meet with,
- mess,
- mother,
- nerve,
- not destroy,
- not endanger,
- not expend,
- not use up,
- not waste,
- nourish,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- nutrify,
- pack,
- pamper,
- pass through,
- pasture,
- patent,
- pay,
- perdure,
- perennate,
- perpetuate,
- persevere,
- persist,
- persist in,
- pillow,
- plead for,
- preserve,
- prevail,
- probate,
- prolong,
- prop,
- prop up,
- protect,
- protract,
- prove,
- provision,
- put up with,
- ratify,
- rebut,
- recognize,
- refresh,
- refute,
- regale,
- register,
- reinforce,
- reinvigorate,
- remain,
- reply,
- respond,
- restrengthen,
- retain,
- ride high,
- riposte,
- run,
- run on,
- run up against,
- sanction,
- satisfy,
- save,
- say in defense,
- see,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- spare,
- speak for,
- speak up for,
- spend,
- spoon-feed,
- stand,
- stand by,
- stand for,
- stand under,
- stand up for,
- stay,
- stay on,
- steel,
- stick,
- stick up for,
- stiffen,
- stomach,
- strengthen,
- subsidize,
- subsist,
- substantiate,
- subvention,
- subventionize,
- suckle,
- suffer,
- support,
- survive,
- take up with,
- tarry,
- taste,
- temper,
- tide over,
- tolerate,
- tote,
- toughen,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- undergo,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- urge reasons for,
- validate,
- verify,
- waft,
- warrant,
- wear,
- wear well,
- weather,
- wet-nurse,
- wine and dine,
- withstand