Sustenance

What do we mean by sustenance?

The supporting of life or health; maintenance or means of livelihood. noun

Something, especially food, that sustains life or health. noun

Something that sustains something else; essential support. noun

An upholding; the act of bearing. noun

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence: as, the sustenance of life. noun

That which supports life; food; provisions; means of living. noun

Synonyms Subsistence, etc. See living. noun

The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence. noun

That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living. noun

Something that provides support or nourishment. noun

A source of materials to nourish the body noun

The financial means whereby one lives noun

The act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence noun

Something that provides support or nourishment.

Words that are spelled similarly to sustenance:
sustenance, purtenance, subtenancy.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word sustenance:
yolk, potato, bread, eating, famine, abundance, hunger, livestock, sustain, crops, meals, crop, consumed, offerings, shelter, nutrition, drink, meal, survival, hunting, corn, cuisine, food, vampire, farming, milk, animal, destruction, fruits, peoples, slaves, gods, fishing, foods, lifestyle, meat, animals, humans, sweet, hindu, settlers, agriculture, survive, blood, feed, agricultural, eat, cattle, coffee, enforcement, fish, settlements, god, soil, poor.

Adjectives that are often used to describe sustenance:
spiritual, daily, own, emotional, physical, little, human, only, economic, necessary, intellectual, basic, chief, sufficient, more, bare, proper, moral, much, adequate, main, scanty, mere, very, enough, principal, sole, ample, natural, mental, financial, self, divine, abundant, cultural, future, meager, mutual, psychological, meagre, continued, ordinary, vital, solid, immediate, needful, ideological, essential, term, liquid, rich, givest, earthly, comfortable, continual, minimal, minimum, nutritional, maternal, derive, reasonable, easy, due, barest, least.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective sustenance:
activities, demands, economy, fiefs.

Words that sound like sustenance:
sustenance, sustaining, sestinas, sustention, systemise, abstinence, obstinance, sestina, systemize, susteren, sissiness, substance, dissonance, sustains, sassiness, sonance, sustainment, desinence, stamens, sauciness, subtleness, histamines, abstinince, sootiness, sustainers.