sustenance

[suhs-tuh-nuhns] / ˈsʌs tə nəns /

NOUN

necessities for existence

Synonyms

STRONGEST

livelihood nourishment nutrition subsistence

STRONG

aid aliment bacon bread comestible eatables edibles food keep maintenance pap provender provision ration refreshment salt support victual wherewithal

WEAK

bread and butter daily bread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deprivation starvation

WEAK

extras

Example Sentences

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To fully appreciate the first you must remember that everybody living where he was serving was destitute, needing the mere sustenances of life: bread, meat, shelter, water.

From Memories of a Musical Life by Mason, William

Diligent to flatter the lion; will provide him guidances, and fractional sustenances, in view of the coming hunt; will eat the lion's leavings, once the prey is slaughtered.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 19 by Carlyle, Thomas

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