Avoid and Sustain

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Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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Antonyms for Avoid
Sustain is an antonym for avoid.
Nearby Words: avoided, avoidance, avoidable, avoiding, avoidably

Sustain

Sustain verb - To put up with (something painful or difficult).
Usage example: I won't sustain such insolence!
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Synonyms for Sustain
Antonyms for Sustain
Avoid is an antonym for sustain in endure topic.
Nearby Word: sustaining
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Common collocations

fire avoid fire sustain fire
attack avoid attack sustain attack
people avoid people sustain people
kind avoid kind sustain kind
Other words: conflict, sort, injury, damage, pain, war, casualties.

Both words in one sentence

  • Comic Book / Scott Pilgrim Google "recovering vegans" and you'll find many stories involving vegans who realized they lacked the resolve to sustain their diet, and to avoid backlash from the vegan community, started eating meat in secret.
    Source: Comic Book / Scott Pilgrim
  • They seem to need a few pints on a regular basis to sustain their healing/powers and avoid Horror Hunger, but although there is a readily created synthetic and presumably animal blood will do in a pinch the 'real' stuff is better tasting and feeding from the source feels really good.
    Source: Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness
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Sustain and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/sustain
Avoid & Sustain. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/sustain>.
Sustain or Avoid. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/sustain.

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