Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.
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Sustained
/səˈsteɪnd/
Synonyms for "sustained" (127 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (38)
firmfixedfounded onfrozengrounded onguyedheldimmobileimmutableincessantindefatigableintactinterminableinviolatelastinglevellongmachine gunmaintainedoscillating
Adjective(4 words)
free burninglong stintlong term degradationongoing push
Noun(2 words)
learning momentumlong-term trend
Related words (63)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
10 entriesaction verbcausal verbdescriptor of durationmaintenance descriptormusical duration propertyquality termtone qualityverb of continuationverb of experiencingverb of nourishment
More specific
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Collocations
8 entriessustained attentionsustained effortsustained growthsustained momentumsustained pacesustained performancesustained releasesustained results
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
7 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
9 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- незатихващ adj (held at a certain level)
- постоянен adj (held at a certain level)
Danish
1 entries- vedholdende adj (held at a certain level)
Finnish
2 entries- pitkäjänteinen adj (held at a certain level)
- pitkäkestoinen adj (held at a certain level)
Greek
1 entries- αδιάπτωτος adj (held at a certain level)
Māori
1 entries- whakauka adj (held at a certain level)
Spanish
2 entries- sostenido adj (held at a certain level)
- sustentado adj (held at a certain level)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
The vision of the Olympics had sustained him.
Source: tatoeba (64810)
He sustained an injury which will take a month to heal completely.
Source: tatoeba (300766)
There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.
Source: tatoeba (376875)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.