Explain
Sustain
Sustain verb - To supply with nourishment.
Explain and sustain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explain" instead a verb "Sustain".
Nearby Word: sustaining
Common collocations
| connection | explain connection | sustain connection |
| power | explain power | sustain power |
| popularity | explain popularity | sustain popularity |
| relationship | explain relationship | sustain relationship |
| Other words: way, existence, powers. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Sometimes there is a big winged creature too large to sustain flight that the writers explain as gliding rather than true flight, or a pyrokinetic being able to make themselves "lighter than air" or make jet-boots by shooting fire from their feet.
Source: Not Quite Flight
Cite this Source
Sustain and Explain. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/explain/sustain
Explain & Sustain. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/explain/sustain>.
Sustain or Explain. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/explain/sustain.
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