Dictionary Definition
sustenance
Noun
1 a source of materials to nourish the body [syn:
nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, aliment, alimentation, victuals]
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" [syn:
support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and
butter]
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" [syn: sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeep]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
, from , from sustenir (14c)Noun
- Something that provides support or nourishment.
Synonyms
Extensive Definition
Sustenance can refer to any means of subsistence
or livelihood;
See also
Synonyms, Antonyms 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