Sustain

Definition: Sustain

Sustain

Verb

1. Lengthen or extend in duration or space; "We sustained the diplomatic negociations as long as possible"; "prolong the treatment of the patient"; "keep up the good work".

2. Undergo (as of injuries and illnesses); "She suffered a fracture in the accident"; "He had an insulin shock after eating three candy bars"; "She got a bruise on her leg"; "He got his arm broken in the scuffle".

3. Provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children".

4. Supply with necessities and support: "She alone sustained her family"; "The money will sustain our good cause"; "There's little to earn and many to keep".

5. Be the physical support of; carry the weight of; "The beam holds up the roof"; "He supported me with one hand while I balanced on the beam"; "What's holding that mirror?".

6. Admit as valid; "The court sustained the motion".

7. Establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts; "his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "sustain" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Sustain

Agency

Verb: be -in action; Adjective: operate, work; act, act upon; perform, play, support, sustain, strain, maintain, take effect, quicken, strike.

Aid

Support, sustain, uphold, prop, hold up, bolster.

Continuance in action

Sustain, uphold, hold up, keep on foot; follow up, perpetuate; maintain; preserve; a; harp upon; (repeat).

Feeling

Bear, suffer, support, sustain, endure, thole, aby; abide; (be composed); experience; (meet with); taste, prove; labor under, smart under; bear the brunt of, brave, stand.

Preservation

Verb: preserve, maintain, keep, sustain, support, hold; keep up, keep alive; refrigerate, keep on ice;not willingly let die; bank up; nurse; save, rescue; be safe, make safe; take care of; (care); guard; (defend).

Strength

Render strong; Adjective: give strength; Noun: strengthen, invigorate, brace, nerve, fortify, sustain, harden, case harden, steel, gird; screw up, wind up, set up; gird up one's loins, brace up one's loins; recruit, set on one's legs; vivify; refresh; refect; reinforce, reenforce; (restore).

Support

Support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage.

Crosswords: Sustain

Your majesty, you sustain the objection (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

The sustain, listen to it. (This Is Spinal Tap; writing credit: Christopher Guest; Michael McKean)

Confronted with this incredible resourcefulness - this desperate desire to survive - we must wonder, why? What is the value, even for oneself, to sustain an existence that must ultimately end in death (The Hellstrom Chronicle; writing credit: David Seltzer)

Then you know that shortly we can expect Zagon to commence and sustain an all-out attack (This Island Earth; writing credit: Raymond F. Jones; Franklin Coen)

Beg and cry sustain your life (Manic Demise; performing artist: The Creation)

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Books

• The Value-Creating Consultant: How to Build and Sustain Lasting Client Relationships (reference)

• Vision: How Leaders Develop It, Share It, and Sustain It (reference)

• Horse Sense for Stable Minds: Humorous Grains of Thought to Sustain You Through Life (reference)

• How Christian Faith Can Sustain the Life of the Mind (reference)

• How to Start and Sustain a Faith-Based Small Group (How to Start) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Fade & Sustain (reference)

• Sustain (reference)

• Vol. 1-1944-I Sustain the Wing (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Casio SP-2 Sustain Pedal (reference)

• QUICK LOK PS25 Sustain Pedal (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Fish sustain a local fishing economy and contribute to the diversity of life on the reef. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Operation Sustain Hope - C-17 Globemaster III departs Tirana, Albania.

Harvesting sugarcane in south Florida, where scientists in the ARS Sugarcane Production Research Unit are identifying research to help sustain both agriculture and natural Everglades ecosystems. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Is transferred to the Norwegian Navy following conversion from USS Sustain (MMC-2, formerly MSF-119), at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina. The transfer took place on 1 October 1959. The stern of Tyr's sister ship, Gor (converted from USS Strive, MMC-1, formerly MSF-117) is visible at the extreme right. Credit: NAVY.

The Freedman's Bureau! An agency to keep the Negro in idleness at the expense of the white man. Twice vetoed by the President, and made a lawy by Congress. Support Congress & you support the Negro Sustain the President & you protect the white man. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Although, therefore, a mandamus may be directed to courts, yet to issue such a writ to an officer for the delivery of a paper, is in effect the same as to sustain an original action for that paper, and, therefore, seems not to belong to appellate, but to original jurisdiction. (reference)

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I abhor the Psallants, I hate the Prayers, I execrate heretics, but I should detest still more whoever might sustain the contrary of what I have said

They have no cause of their own to plead, but while they enlighten and sustain the reader his common sense will not refuse them

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Health

Some people recover completely, while others may sustain varying degrees of brain damage. (references)

Adult men also sustain fractures of the hip and vertebrae, although at a lower frequency than women. (references)

To achieve cocaine abstinence long enough for patients to learn new life skills that will help sustain abstinence. (references)

Business

Product innovation is vital for manufacturers to sustain competitiveness. (references)

Auto experts also say that the Chinese market is too diversified to sustain a single family car. (references)

Another 20 aircraft to sustain the production line have extended the F-16 co-production program. (references)

Children

Mongolia

While government facilities receive government funding, finances are inadequate and the Government uses foreign aid to help sustain the orphanages. (references)

Economic History

Seychelles

They have no fresh water and can sustain human life only with difficulty. (references)

Yemen

Only new discoveries, however, can sustain Yemen's output in the medium term. (references)

Political Economy

Palau

Traditional customs sustain a value system that discriminates between persons on the basis of social status and sex. (references)

GREECE

Since Greece joined the Eurozone on January 1, 2001, it will have to undergo serious structural reform to sustain EMU convergence criteria. (references)

THE BAHAMAS

The Minimum Wage Bill, has been criticized as going against recent IMF advice for the GCOB to increase labor productivity and control wages in order to sustain future economic growth. (references)

Political Rights

Guyana

On March 19, citizens voted in a generally free and fair election to sustain the PPP/C in office, defeating the PNC. Incumbent Bharrat Jagdeo received his own mandate for a 5-year term as President. (references)

Trade

Senegal

A common complaint from local companies and business contacts is the lack of financing to sustain the growth of the economy. (references)

Costa Rica

Further consolidation is expected, as the size of the Costa Rican market is inadequate to sustain the number of banks that remain. (references)

Worker Rights

Dominican Republic

It only provides approximately one-third of the income necessary to sustain an average family. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To sustain

Expressions using "sustain": sustain a demand ♦ sustain a loss ♦ sustain an objection ♦ sustain growth. Additional references.

Beginning with "sustain": sustain-but.

Afrikaans

ondersteun (abet, support). (various references)

Albanian

mbaj (attach, Bate, bear, breed, carry, deduct, enshrine, force upon, get off, give, have, have smth. on, hold, keep, keep on, maintain, man, perform, pitch, preserve, refrain, respect, retain, save, support, wear, withhold), mbështet (abet, adhere, back, back up, build, buttress, countenance, found, hold up, lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, uphold), mbështes (lean, pillow, prop up, push, shore, support, uphold). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مثل ببراعة (underact), ‏مدد (dilate, expand, extend, spin, stick out), ‏قوى (anneal, be fortified, be more powerful, become mighty, become stronger, beefy, boost, brace, cogent, confirm, consolidate, enforce, fasten, fibrous, fortify, freshen, great, grow stronger, harden, hefty, heighten, help, heroic, in power, innervate, intensify, invigorate, nerve, prop, reinforce, sinew, stiffen, strengthen, support, tighten), ‏قاسى (bear, endure, experience, suffer, undergo), ‏قدم برهان, ‏واصل (carry on, continue, follow in his footsteps, gear, go on, hold on, keep, persist, press, proceed, pursue, push, push along, push on, roll on, stay, stick to smth.), ‏غذى (feed, nourish, nurse, nurture, stoke, supply, underfeed), ‏تكبد (culminate, culmination, suffer, sufferance), ‏تحمل (afford, bear, bear up, bearing, decamp, defray, endure, firmness, have smb. over, hold out, incur, last, lump it, mizzle, pocket, put up with, see, stand, stick, stick it out, stomach, suffer, support, tighten, tolerate, undergo), ‏ساند (favor, favour, patronize, sponsor), ‏عزز (abound, bear out, boost, build, carry, cement, confirm, consolidate, corroborate, enhance, extend, foster, help, promote, ram, reinforce, underpin), ‏أيد (advocate, affirm, champion, countenance, favor, favour, further, go in for, look with favor on, look with favour on, plunk, reason, second, side, side with, stand for, stand up for, stick up, stick up for, subscribe, subserve, support, underpin, uphold, validate), ‏أطاق (bear, brook, endure, put up, stand, stomach, tolerate), ‏بقي (abide, be, bide, continue, endure, exist, remain, reside, rest, sit, stay, stick around, stop, subsist, tarry). (various references)

Bulgarian 

устоявам (keep), решавам в полза на, оставам в сила (stand), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, carry through, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), подпирам (atlas, back, prop up, shore, support, truss, underlay, underpin, uphold), поддържам (adhere, atlas, back, bear, buoy, carry, contend, expound, favour, feed, fuel, help on, hold, hold up, keep, keep up, maintain, nourish, play along, ply, promote, prop up, pull for, retain, run, service, side with, stand for, stand in with, support, take, upbear, uphold, vindicate, vouch), изхранвам (feed, keep, nourish, subsist), изтърпявам (wear out), издържам (endure, fend for, hold, hold on, hold out, keep, last, maintain, pass, receive, stand, subsist, support, take, wear out, withstand). (various references)

Chinese 

遭受 (suffer), 蒙受 (suffer), 承受 (sustained, Sustaining, Withstand, Withstanding, Withstood), 攙 (assist by the arm, mix, support). (various references)

Czech

vydržovat (keep), vydržet (bear, endure, hold on, hold out, last, spin out, stand, stay, stick it out, stomach, take, tolerate, undergo, withstand), udržovat (conserve, keep, maintain), tvrdit (allege, allow, argue, assert, aver, claim, predicate, represent, submit, urge), pomáhat (aid, assist, support), podporovat (back, back up, encourage, Foster, further, hold up, patronize, promote, side, sponsor, support, uphold), podpírat (bear, carry, hold up, recline, support), nést (bear, carry, defray, earn, hold, support, yield). (various references)

Danish

støtte (lean, support). (various references)

Dutch

stutten (lean, support), steunen (abet, groan, lean, support), schragen (abet, lean, support). (various references)

Esperanto

subteni (abet, support), apogi (lean, support). (various references)

Faeroese

styðja (lean, support). (various references)

Farsi 

متحمل شدن (Defray, Incur), نگهداشتن (Hold, Imprison, Prop, Restrain), حمایت کردن از (Assist, Espouse, Maintain, Uphold, Vindicate), تقویت کردن (Augment, Beef, Bolster, Corroborate, Edify, Encourage, Fort, Rally, Reinforce, Relay, Undergird, Uphold), تحمل کردن (Bear, Bide, Comport, Endure, Experience, Stomach, Suffer, Support, Tolerate, Undergo, Withstand). (various references)

Finnish

säilyttää (conserve, keep, maintain, preserve, retain, store), ylläpitää (keep up, maintain, support), tukea (give support, prop, strengthen, subsidize, support), pitää pystyssä (keep up, maintain), nojata (lean, recline, support). (various references)

French

maintenir (support), appuyer (support). (various references)

Frisian

steune (lean, support). (various references)

German

unterstützen (abet, aid, back, encourage, further, lean, maintain, patronize, promote, prop up, provide, second, speak for, sponsor, subsidize, support, to abet, to back, to facilitate, to relieve, to second, to stand by, to support, uphold), stützen (back, back up, base on, bolster, brace, carry, enforce, hold up, lean, pillow, precipitate, prop up, reinforce, shore, shore up, support, to base on, to support, to sustain, underpin, uphold), aushalten (abide, bear, born, borne, carry out, endure, hold on, hold out, perseverance, persevere, persist, put up with, sit trough, stand, suffer, survive, take, to endure, to hold out, to sustain, withstand). (various references)

Greek 

συντηρώ (conserve, fend for oneself, keep, maintain, preserve, support), υποστηρίζω (assert, back, back up, befriend, bolster, contend, countenance, maintain, patronize, predicate, prop, second, shore, sponsor, stand by, stand up for, submit, support, underpin, uphold). (various references)

Hebrew 

לתמוך (advocate, back, brace, buttress, champion, maintain, stand by, stay, support, take sides), לקים (affirm, attest, conform, fulfill, keep, maintain), לכלכל (contain, feed, maintain, manage, nourish, provide for), להתנסות ב-, להזין (feed, nourish), להחזיק מעמד (bear up, endure, hold ones ground, hold one's own, hold out, keep up, last out, stand, stand for, stick it out, weather), להאריך (draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, prolong, protract, spin out), לנחול תבוסה (come off second best, suffer a reverse). (various references)

Hungarian

segít (abet, accomodate, aid, assist, help, lean, minister, relieve, succor, succour, support, to aid, to assist, to avail, to back up, to bear a hand, to help, to lend a hand, to minister, to stead, to succour, to support), tart (bore, borne, continue, endure, head for, hold, keep, keep on, last, make for, tend, to bear, to check, to cultivate, to hold out, to keep back, to keep off, to make for, to regard, to support, to sustain, trend, uphold), támogatás (advocacy, aid, assistance, backing, countenance, encouragement, espousal, favor, help, lean, promotion, protection, sponsorship, subservience, subserviency, subsidization, support), támogat (abet, advocate, aid, assist, back, back up, bear up, befriend, bolster, champion, espouse, Favor, favour, Foster, further, help, hold up, lean, maintain, promote, provide support, reinforce, side, stand for, stick by, subsidize, support, to advocate, to aid, to assist, to back up, to bolster up, to come out for sy, to espouse, to faster, to favor, to flank, to foster, to further, to give countenance to sy, to hold up, to patronize, to second, to side with sy, to subserve, to subsidize, to succour, to support, to thicken, upbear, uphold), kibír (bear, bore, borne, stick it out, to bear, to do with, to stomach, to sustain), elvisel (abide, bear, bore, borne, endure, stood, suffer, to abide, to bear, to comport, to endure, to stand, to stomach, to support, to take it, to tolerate, tolerate, undergo). (various references)

Indonesian

menumpu (become concentrated), menopang (buffer, buttress, underlay, underset, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Italian

sostenere (abet, assert, back, bear, bolster, brace, buoy, claim, hold up, incur, insist, keep up, lean, maintain, meet, play, plump, stake, stand, stand up to, state, stay, support, take, uphold, withstand), poggiare (abet, base oneself, lean, perch, rest, support), appoggiare (abet, countenance, forward, lay, lean, patronise, patronize, prop, rely, rest, stand, support). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

蹴込む (to kick in, to sustain a loss), 蒙る (to receive, to suffer, to sustain), 傷を負う (to be injured, to sustain a wound), 保つ (to be durable, to endure, to hold, to keep, to keep well, to last, to maintain, to preserve, to retain, to support, to sustain, to wear well). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たもつ (to be durable, to endure, to hold, to keep, to keep well, to last, to maintain, to preserve, to retain, to support, to sustain, to wear well), きずをおう (to be injured, to sustain a wound), こうむる (to receive, to suffer, to sustain), けこむ (to kick in, to sustain a loss). (various references)

Korean 

지탱하십시요. (various references)

Manx

ymmyrkey (appearance, attitude, bear, behave, behaviour, birth, carry, carrying, comportment, conduction, convey, conveyance, endure, gestation, give birth, haulage, supply; conductance, support, tide, transport, yield), cummal seose (maintain, maintenance, preserve, support). (various references)

Papiamen

stet (lean, support), sostené (lean, support), respaldá (lean, support), apoyá (encourage, lean, support). (various references)

Pig Latin

ustainsay.(various references)

Portuguese

amparar (abet, defend, patronize, protect, shield, support). (various references)

Romanian

suporta (abide, bear, bear with, digest, endure, forbear, stand, stick, stomach, suffer, support, tolerate), ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, carry through, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support), îndura (abide, bear, carry out, endure, experience, forbear, indurate, put up with, stick, suffer, support, undergo). (various references)

Russian 

выдерживать (bear, endure, get through, last, live, pass, stand up under, support), нести;понести;поддерживать, поддерживать (atlas, back, back up, bear out, bear up, befriend, bolster, buoy, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, encouraged by, exhort, give support to, hold up, keep up, maintain, scaffolds, stand by, support, supported, underpin, upbear, uphold). (various references)

Scottish

beathaich (maintain). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pretrpeti (suffer, take, undergo), podržati (advocate, back, back up, second, support, uphold), održati (keep, keep up, maintain, preserve, stand). (various references)

Spanish

sostener (abet, absorb, bear, bear up, carry, carry through, hold, hold up, keep up, live, maintain, meet, support, uphold, wear). (various references)

Swedish

uppehålla (be detained, delay, detain, discharge, keep, keep up, maintain, reside, sojourn, stall, stay, support). (various references)

Thai

สนับสนุน (back, behind, bolster, buoy up, favor, favour, for, further, lend to, second, side), รักษาไว้ (keep about, keep around, keep at), ประสบ (live). (various references)

Turkish

sürdürmek (carry on, continue, elongate, follow, go ahead with smth., keep, keep going, keep on, keep the ball rolling, keep up, lead, maintain, perpetuate, persist, prolong, prosecute, pursue, remain, support, uphold, wage), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), cesaret vermek (boost up smb.'s courage, buck smb. up, embolden, encourage, exhort, nerve, strengthen smb.'s hand, support), desteklemek (advocate, assist, back up, bear out, bear smb. out, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy, buttress, champion, countenance, encourage, endorse, Favor, favour, fortify, give a leg up, give countenance to, go along with, help forward, hold up, identify, indorse, keep smb. in countenance, lend countenance to, logroll, nourish, patronize, promote, prop, root for, second, shore, sponsor, spoonfeed, stake, stanchion, stand, stand by, start, stick up for, strengthen, subordinate, support, underpin, uphold), devam ettirmek (carry on, extend, keep, keep smth. going, keep the ball rolling, keep up, uphold, wage), doğrulamak (affirm, attest, avouch, bear out, certify, confirm, correct, corroborate, hold with, homologate, justify, predicate, substantiate, support, testify, verify, vouch), finanse etmek (finance, financier, sponsor), güç vermek (Energize, support, vitalize), geçindirmek (feed, find, keep up, maintain, set up, subsist, support), çekmek (abide, absorb, arrest, attract, be a sufferer by, be a sufferer from, be cursed with smth., bear, bear with, captivate, carry, catch, charm, claw, conjugate, decline, drag, draw, draw off, draw on, draw out, dwindle, engage, engross, extract, fetch, glamor, glamour, go through, go to scale at, grind, grip, haul, heave, hitch, hoist, hold, inflect, inhale, invite, last out, lug, lump, magnetize, pass through, pique, pluck, prepossess, pull, pull away, pull over, pull up, receive, record, run up, scale in, scale out, schlep, schlepp, shoot, shrink, sip, siphon, siphon off, soak, soak in, sop up, stand the racket, stretch, suck, suffer, syphon, syphon off, take, take after, take one's medicine, throw back, toss, tow, tow away, tug, turn the scale at, undergo, up with, whisk, withdraw), iyi oynamak, uğramak (call at, call on, call upon, come by, come over, come round, drop around, drop in, drop in on, experience, fall into, incur, look up, meet, put in an appearance, receive, run against, run in, stop by, stop in, touch at, undergo, visit), katlanmak (abide, accept, bear, Brook, crease, digest, do with, double, endure, face, face up to, go through, grin and bear it, last out, lump, lump it, put up with, sit down under, stand, stand the racket, stick, stick it, stick out, stomach, suffer, sweat out, take, take it, take one's medicine, tolerate, undergo), maruz kalmak (be exposed, be liable to, be subject of, catch, experience, fall into, incur), notayı uzatmak, onaylamak (accept, acknowledge, affirm, approve, attest, authorise, authorize, be recognizant of, bear out, certify, confirm, corroborate, countersign, endorse, give countenance to, grant, hear, hold with, homologate, indorse, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimize, lend countenance to, o.k., ok, okay, ratify, recognize, sanction, smile on, stamp, subscribe, to confirm, uphold, validate, verify, visa, vise, vouch, witness), para sağlamak (accommodate smb. with money, finance, pump money into, support), taşımak (bear, bear away, carry, carry away, convey, haul, put across, relocate, remove, ride, run, stanchion, tote, transport, waft, walk, wash, wear), hakkını vererek yapmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

зазнавати (experience, suffer, undergo), підтримувати (aliment, back, back up, bear up, block, bolster, carry, cheer, corroborate, encourage, favour, fortify, get behind, hold up, keep alive, maintain, play up, prop, pull, push, second, sponsor, stand for, support, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold), підпирати (back, brace, buttress, chock, prop, shore, skid, stake, stanchion, strut, underlay, underpin, underset). (various references)

Welsh

cynnal (hold, maintain, support, uphold). (various references)

adiutus, adiuva, adiuvabant, adiuvabat, adiuvabit, adiuvabunt, adiuvandum, adiuvante, adiuvantem, adiuvantes, adiuvantibus, adiuvare, adiuvarent, adiuvaret, adiuvasti, adiuvat, adiuvate, adiuvatur, adiuvavi, adiuvent, adiuverunt, adiuves, adiuvet, adiuvetis, adiuvi, adiuvisset, adiuvit, adiuvitque, alo, alo (alui altum), sustenta, sustentas, sustento, sustine, sustineam, sustineant, sustineas, sustinebant, sustinebat, sustinebimus, sustinebis, sustinebit, sustinebitis, sustinebo, sustinebunt, sustinemus, sustinens, sustinent, sustinentes, sustinentiae, sustinentiam, sustinentibus, sustineo, sustinere, sustineretis, sustines, sustinet, sustinete, sustinetis, sustinuerant, sustinuere, sustinuerint, sustinuerit, sustinuero, sustinuerunt, sustinui, sustinuimus, sustinuissem, sustinuisset, sustinuisti, sustinuistis, sustinuit, tolero. (various references)

sustenir. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "sustain": sustainabilities, sustainability, sustainable, sustained, sustainedly, sustainer, sustainers, sustaining, sustains. (additional references)

Words containing "sustain": unsustainable. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Sustain" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bustanil, sextain, siswati, substain, Suetin, sustaim, sustaine, susteain, systran, tustain. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: issuant.

-1 letter: saints, satins, stains, suints.

-2 letters: antis, aunts, nisus, sains, saint, sasin, satin, satis, sinus, situs, snits, stain, stuns, suint, suits, tains, tunas, unais, units.

-3 letters: ains, aits, anis, anti, ants, anus, aunt, nits, nuts, sain, sans, sati, sins, sits, snit, stun, suit, suns, tain, tans, tass, taus, tins, tuis, tuna, tuns, unai, unit.

+1 letter: fustians, puissant, sinuates, stunsail, sustains, tsunamis.

+2 letters: antirusts, humanists, insulants, insulates, insurants, lutanists, naturisms, naturists, pantsuits, saturnism, simulants, stunsails, sudations, supinates, sustained, sustainer, uneasiest, urbanists.

+3 letters: amiantuses, antiserums, assaulting, assumption, austenites, causations, custodians, dianthuses, discussant, disputants, encaustics, enthusiasm, enthusiast, faultiness, gustations, impuissant, insinuates, insulators, isobutanes, jauntiness, nautiluses, outgassing, outpassing, pulsations, quaintness, rainspouts, saturniids, saturnisms, sensualist, sensuality, signatures, situations, stimulants, sublations, substation, succinates, suctorians, summations, supinators, suppliants, sustainers, sustaining, unassisted, unsafeties, unsteadies.