Synonyms for Sustains:

• v.

  •affirms (verb)
  • accepts,
  • acknowledges,
  • submits,
  • testifies,
  • affirms,
  • ratifies,
  • avouches,
  • corroborates,
  • admits,
  • asserts,
  • pronounces,
  • sets down,
  • promises,
  • professes,
  • declares,
  • proclaims,
  • verifies,
  • expresses,
  • validates,
  • endorses,
  • approves,
  • claims,
  • states,
  • attests,
  • contends,
  • assures,
  • propounds,
  • warrants,
  • pledges,
  • avers,
  • certifies,
  • adjures.
  •aids (verb)
  • assists,
  • fosters,
  • endows,
  • encourages,
  • serves,
  • abets,
  • motivates,
  • ministers,
  • benefits,
  • tends,
  • attends,
  • funds,
  • aids,
  • supports,
  • helps,
  • facilitates,
  • Mothers,
  • relieves.
  •assists (verb)
  • avails,
  • Backs,
  • upholds,
  • favors.
  •continues (verb)
  • extends,
  • persists,
  • continues,
  • prolongs,
  • abides,
  • maintains,
  • protracts,
  • perseveres.
  •defends (verb)
  • counters,
  • polices,
  • averts,
  • shields,
  • safeguards,
  • retorts,
  • Buffers,
  • rebuts,
  • argues,
  • Replies,
  • saves,
  • defends,
  • barricades,
  • secures,
  • shelters,
  • fends,
  • Guards,
  • responds,
  • opposes,
  • wards,
  • screens,
  • returns,
  • covers,
  • bars,
  • backfires,
  • counterattacks,
  • answers,
  • protects,
  • resists.
  •feeds (verb)
  • feeds,
  • Nurses,
  • caters to,
  • fattens,
  • wines and dines,
  • suckles,
  • breast-feeds,
  • nourishes,
  • nurtures.

Paraphrases for Sustains:

• Independent

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    entertains, stimulates, consolidates, continuously, perpetuates, continual, remains, generates, insures, suggests, persists, insists, safeguards, underpins, conserves, intensifies, cultivates, encourages, continues, submits, subsidises, augments, interacts, inspires, ensuring, ensures, reinforces, indicates, thrives, bolsters, suffers, contributes, facilitates, uphold, upholds, upholding, stays, assure, assures, exacerbates, testifies, undertakes, animates, reiterates, heightens, engenders, furthers, boosts, subscribes, sticks, enhances, manages, affirms, supplies, achieves, complains, conducts, defends, solidifies, enables, entitles, enjoys, foments, advises, empowers, handles, liaises, engages, stands, tightens, fosters, feeds, endorses, repeats, deepens, informs, promotes, verifies, advocates, counters, re-enforces, concludes, keep, keeps, builds, delivers, argues, affords, enshrines, contends, broadens, pushes, occupies, prevails, binds, enforces, destroys, Lends, protects, espouses, presses, oversees, favours, expands, proclaims, encounters, raises, posits, develops, holds, Carries, alleges, fuels, operates, Guards, improves, contests, guides, concurs, harbours, Strikes, mentions, underlies, champions, reserves, experiences, contented, tends, Bears, hosts, rejects, provides, performs, Faces, compares, Permits, relies, claims, serves, agrees, says, breeds, Rests, purports, embraces, Drives, adds, leads, helps, believes, tells, flip, favors, allows, spreads, Backs, pulls, becomes, runs, Bases, drops, Has, meets, lets.

• Other Related

  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    sustainability, sustainable, maintain, maintains, retains, support, supporting, supports, nourishes, assists, nurtures, strengthens, preserves, incurs, asserts, prolongs, pursues, accommodates, secures, causes, undergoes, extends.

Sustains Sentence Examples:

• Yet of these, allowing for those too young or too old, for the sick, and for those who must tend the young, the old and the sick, and for those whose labor, like that of the cooks, only sustains the others, not more than one half are able - bodied, productive laborers.

• Hope sustains me, as she does half the world; through all my life she has been my companion.