sustaining

ADJECTIVE

alimentary

Synonyms

WEAK

comestible dietary digestible nourishing nutrient nutritional nutritious nutritive peptic salutary sustentative

ADJECTIVE

comforting

Synonyms

STRONGEST

encouraging reassuring refreshing soothing

STRONG

abating allaying alleviating assuaging consoling curing freeing inspiriting invigorating lightening mitigating relieving remedying restoring revitalizing revivifying softening solacing succoring tranquilizing upholding warming

WEAK

analeptic consolatory health-giving heart-warming

Antonyms

WEAK

aggravating depressing dispiriting distressing disturbing irritating upsetting worrying

ADJECTIVE

continuing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chronic enduring lasting

STRONG

advancing maintaining persevering persisting progressing pursuing

WEAK

carrying-on permanent

Antonyms

STRONGEST

temporary

ADJECTIVE

fundamental

Synonyms

STRONGEST

central constitutional crucial elemental elementary essential indispensable integral intrinsic major necessary paramount principal radical significant structural theoretical underlying vital

STRONG

bottom cardinal first key organic original primary prime primitive requisite supporting

WEAK

axiological axiomatic basal bottom-line constitutive foundational grassroots meat-and-potatoes primordial rudimentary substratal substrative underived

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accessory auxiliary extrinsic inessential insignificant learned least lesser minor needless nonessential secondary trivial unimportant unnecessary

WEAK

additional advanced extra subordinate

ADJECTIVE

healthful/healthy

Synonyms

WEAK

advantageous aiding aseptic beneficial benign body-building bracing cathartic clean compensatory conducive corrective desirable disease-free energy-giving fresh harmless healing health-giving helpful hygienic innocuous invigorating mitigative nourishing nutritious nutritive profitable pure restorative salubrious salutary sanatory sanitary stimulating tonic unadulterated unpolluted untainted useful wholesome

Antonyms

WEAK

bad corrupt diseased noxious rotten sickening unhealthful unhealthy

ADJECTIVE

long-lived

Synonyms

STRONGEST

durable long-lasting

WEAK

abiding advancing carrying-on chronic enduring lasting long-standing maintaining old perdurable perennial permanent persevering persistent persisting progressing pursuing

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

ADJECTIVE

perdurable

Synonyms

WEAK

abiding advancing carrying-on chronic durable enduring lasting long-lasting long-lived long-standing maintaining old perennial permanent persevering persistent persisting progressing pursuing

ADJECTIVE

profitable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

beneficial commercial cost-effective effective fruitful good lucrative practical productive rewarding successful useful valuable worthwhile

WEAK

assisting conducive contributive effectual favorable gainful going in the black instrumental paid off paying paying well pragmatic remunerative self-sustaining serviceable sweet well-paying

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fruitless impotent incapable unfruitful unhelpful unproductive unprofitable unskilled useless valueless worthless

WEAK

disadvantageous

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having hiring holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

ADJECTIVE

rich

Synonyms

STRONGEST

creamy delicious heavy juicy luscious satisfying savory spicy sweet tasty

STRONG

fatty succulent

WEAK

full-bodied highly flavored nourishing nutritious oily

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bland distasteful tasteless unappetizing unpleasant unsavory

WEAK

depleted impoverished low needy poor serious weak

NOUN

continuation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

continuance continuity extension perpetuation preservation

STRONG

assiduity duration endurance furtherance increase line postscript production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving producing prolonging protracting

Antonyms

STRONGEST

stoppage

WEAK

cessation end finish halt stop termination

NOUN

maintenance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

care conservation preservation supply upkeep

STRONG

aliment alimentation alimony allowance bacon bread continuance continuation food keep keeping livelihood living nurture prolongation provision repairs resources salt subsistence sustainment wherewithal

WEAK

bread and butter carrying retainment sustention

Antonyms

STRONGEST

destruction neglect negligence

STRONG

end entertainment finish fun stop

WEAK

desertion forsaking ignorance

NOUN

persistency

Synonyms

STRONG

assiduity continuance continuity continuum duration endurance extension furtherance increase line perpetuation persistence postscript preservation production prolongation propagation protraction sequel succession supplement sustenance tenacity

WEAK

augmenting continuing enduring going on increasing maintaining perpetuating persisting preserving producing prolonging protracting

Antonyms

STRONG

curtailment decrease destruction end hindrance indifference ruin stoppage

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The All-Star point guard hasn’t played since sustaining a Grade 2 left hamstring strain against the Thunder on April 2.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

It’s a solid foundation, and paying your bills and sustaining you month-to-month, but it’s time to start looking at the bigger picture.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

Wakehurst said that bees were a "critical resource for ensuring food security and sustaining biodiversity".

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

Northern Star expects to produce 1.5 million oz of gold at an all-in sustaining cost of A$2,600-A$2,800/oz in FY 2026.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

She reminded me of older women I'd been around all my life—women whose lives were hard but who remained kind and dedicated themselves to building and sustaining their communities.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

sustaining

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