sustenance[noun]Synonyms: food, aliment, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, living, alimentation, alimony, bread, keep, livelihood, maintenance, salt, subsistence, support
Related Idioms: bodily sustenance
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
sus‧te‧nance AC /ˈsʌstənəns/
noun [uncountable] formal [
Word Family: noun:
sustenance,
sustainability;
verb:
sustain;
adjective:
sustainable ≠
unsustainable]
[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: sustenir; ⇒ sustain]
1. food that people or animals need in order to live:
Without sustenance, the animals will soon die. Potatoes were their only means of sustenance.2. when something is made to continue:
Elections are necessary for the sustenance of democracy. [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲