Sustain

Encourage

Synonyms: Comfort, assist, succour, give strength to, be a tower of strength to, carry, hearten, buck up, help, encourage, support, be a source of strength to, buoy up, cheer up, and see someone through.

Stand

Synonyms: Bear, carry, keep up, shore up, underpin, support, stand, prop up, bolster, and buttress.

Suffer

Synonyms: Undergo, go through, endure, experience, and suffer.

Maintain

Synonyms: Continue, keep up, keep alive, keep, prolong, conserve, perpetuate, prop up, extend, ongoing, continual, constant, prolonged, non-stop, unfaltering, unabating, relentless, unbroken, unending, unceasing, round the clock, carry on, keep going, keep in existence, maintain, preserve, protract, bolster up, retain, continuous, steady, continuing, running, persistent, perpetual, unremitting, unrelenting, unrelieved, never-ending, incessant, and ceaseless.

Ratify

Synonyms: Uphold, ratify, confirm, approve, corroborate, bear out, authenticate, back up, justify, validate, vindicate, endorse, verify, substantiate, prove, attest to, and evidence.

Example Sentences

Trees help sustain life on Earth.

He could not sustain the speed for long.

The building must sustain heavy loads.

She tried to sustain her energy through the day.

The team failed to sustain its lead.

Proper diet helps sustain good health.

The structure will sustain minor damage.

He worked hard to sustain his family.

Plants sustain themselves through sunlight.

The argument did not sustain under pressure.