SUSTAINED Synonyms: 111 Similar and Opposite Words

sustained

verb

Definition of sustained

past tense of sustain

as in nurtured

to supply with nourishment a granola bar should sustain you long enough to last until lunch

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as in experienced

to come to a knowledge of (something) by living through it sustained serious injuries in the car crash

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as in endured

to put up with (something painful or difficult) I won't sustain such insolence!

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as in bolstered

to hold up or serve as a foundation for that old chair won't sustain your weight

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Recent Examples of sustained The woman was able to leave the residence before officers arrived and was later taken to Aurora Medical Center in Burlington for injuries sustained in the assault. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Absent new domestic discoveries of the scale and accessibility needed to replace them, overall production could not be sustained. — David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026 Three of the jail guards sustained minor injuries and scratches, Bland said. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 Troops in this area have sustained heavy casualties in battles with the regional Islamic State affiliate, and analysts and security sources say frustration with the government is mounting within frontline units. — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 The fire has been contained, but the home sustained significant damage. — Tania Azhang, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The market is attempting to judge how long high capital expenditures and elevated valuations surrounding AI can be sustained. — CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The second driver was hospitalized with injuries sustained in the collision. — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026 About a quarter of those injuries are sustained by children under the age of 5. — Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sustained

Verb

Children’s imaginations and intellect should be nurtured rather than broken.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
The relationships nurtured by gift thinking diminish our sense of scarcity and want.

— CBS News, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of nurtured

Verb

The city experienced a recent peak of 719 homicides in 2022, a year before Johnson took office, and ended last year with 416, according to Chicago police statistics.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
In Montpelier, Vermont, a city that has experienced significant flooding through the years, arborist Joseph Ferris stands next to a giant elm tree that has stood in the state’s capital since the late 1800s.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of experienced

Verb

Iran's leaders, however, dismissed the impact of the new measures, having already endured decades-long crippling sanctions since shortly after the 1979 revolution.

— Mark Osborne, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
Protectionism is generally not the cause of trade conflicts, but rather a symptom of imbalances that have endured for too long.

— MICHAEL PETTIS, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of endured

Verb

The last act before festival founder Olivia Rodrigo, Roan turned it out with all of her powers—bolstered by a bold and bitchy, razor-sharp bob.

— Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 30 Aug. 2026
To do that, construction crews bolstered the temple’s thick granite walls with vertical cables running from the towers to its base.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bolstered

Verb

The court sent unresolved questions about whether the warrant in that case satisfied constitutional requirements back to a lower court.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 23 Aug. 2026
The court did not decide whether the particular geofence warrant ultimately satisfied the Fourth Amendment's probable cause and particularity requirements.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of satisfied

Verb

In both studies, the pill maintained viral suppression at rates comparable to patients’ previous regimens at 48 weeks and was generally well tolerated with no new safety concerns.

— Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
First, rising yields due to better nominal economic growth are typically tolerated more readily, since nominal GDP growth is a primary driver of corporate profits.

— Bill Stone, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of tolerated

Verb

Several heavy explosions shook Kuhestak, with fireballs that lighted up the night sky, according to security camera recordings carried by the semiofficial news agency Fars.

— David Rising, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026
The ideas that traveled furthest were carried by story rather than analysis.

— Bryan Adams, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of carried

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