sustenance
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a source of materials to nourish the body
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dietician derivation
- nourish derivation
- aliment derivation
- nutrient derivation
- nutritional derivation
Sense 2 noun
the financial means whereby one lives
each child was expected to pay for their keep
Types & categories
- resource hypernym
- comforts hyponym
- maintenance hyponym
- meal ticket hyponym
- subsistence hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence
they were in want of sustenance
Types & categories
- support hypernym
Related & opposite
- maintain derivation
- nourish derivation
- sustain derivation
- sustentacular derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dietician |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nourish |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | aliment |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nutrient |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | nutritional |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | food |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | milk |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | course |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | treat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dish |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fast food |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | finger food |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ingesta |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | kosher |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | meal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mess |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mince |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | puree |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | stodge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wheat germ |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vitamin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | maintain |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | support |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | resource |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | comforts |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maintenance |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | meal ticket |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | subsistence |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | maintain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nourish |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sustentacular |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | support |