Sustenance

Noun

 * 1) Something that provides support or nourishment.

Derived terms

 * sustain

Related terms

 * subsistence

Verbs for Sustenance
afford—; arrest—; avail of—; begrudge—; deprive of—; dispatch—; dispense—; exhaust—; furnish—; grant—; grope for—; grovel for—; obtain—; offer—; plead for —; proffer—; provide—; refuse—; strive for—; struggle for—; suspend—; tender—; yield—; extract—.

Thesaurus
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

Etymology
, from, from sustenir (14c), from sustenire.

Translations

 * Icelandic: viðurværi, fæði, matur, næring
 * Latin:


 * Nahuatl: itaca