Synonyms for maintenance
ˈmeɪn tə nənsmain·te·nance

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1. maintenance

   Synonyms:
   livelihood, defence, subsistence, means of support

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1. care, maintenance, upkeepnoun

   activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

   "he wrote the manual on car care"

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustainment, criminal maintenance, aid, tending, upkeep, precaution, forethought, caution, concern, sustenance, charge, tutelage, guardianship, alimony, attention, care, fear

2. maintenancenoun

   means of maintenance of a family or group

   Synonyms:
   care, upkeep, alimony, sustenance, sustentation, criminal maintenance, sustainment

3. alimony, maintenancenoun

   court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustenance, upkeep, alimony, sustainment, care, criminal maintenance

4. sustenance, sustentation, sustainment, maintenance, upkeepnoun

   the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence

   "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustainment, care, nutrition, nutriment, keep, alimentation, upkeep, victuals, bread and butter, support, aliment, sustenance, criminal maintenance, living, alimony, nourishment, livelihood

5. maintenance, criminal maintenancenoun

   the unauthorized interference in a legal action by a person having no interest in it (as by helping one party with money or otherwise to continue the action) so as to obstruct justice or promote unnecessary litigation or unsettle the peace of the community

   "unlike champerty, criminal maintenance does not necessarily involve personal profit"

   Synonyms:
   sustentation, sustenance, upkeep, alimony, sustainment, care, criminal maintenance

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Support
   • Support Payment
   • Wrongdoing

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. maintenancenoun

   Synonyms:
   support, vindication, justification, defence; preservation

2. maintenancenoun

   Synonyms:
   sustenance, food, victuals, provisions, BREAD, livelihood, subsistence

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1. maintenancenoun

   Synonyms:
   support, sustenance

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1. List of paraphrases for "maintenance":

   maintaining, maintain, alimony, upkeep, interview, preservation, conservation, servicing, repairs, retention, repair, maintained, continuation, keeping, peacekeeping, safeguarding, sustaining, entretien, peace-, maintien, serviceability, sustain, housekeeping, preserving, sustenance, continued, food, safeguard, upholding, preserve, retaining, sustainment

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How to use maintenance in a sentence?

1. Gil Kerlikowske:

   It is a huge expense, this is the long term ongoing cost of maintenance that this administration has really failed to mention to the taxpaying public.

2. Jaime Bautista:

   The Dreamliner and XWB will be contributing to savings in fuel, savings in maintenance and will allow us to improve our product because we can fly non-stop to more destinations.

3. Richard Blumenthal:

   I am deeply concerned that these vintage aircraft, decades old, some of them having been involved in crashes before, are still flying, until we know exactly what caused this crash, a major tragedy, whether it was a defect in the machine or some problem with maintenance or flying. There should be very serious scrutiny over these planes before theyre allowed back in the air.

4. Trey Gowdy:

   This Committee is left with no alternative but to request Secretary Clinton appear before this Committee for a transcribed interview to better understand decisions the Secretary made relevant to the creation, maintenance, retention, and ultimately deletion of public records.

5. Richard Aboulafia:

   These jets won't be supported with parts and maintenance any longer, it's a real issue if they lose their certificates of airworthiness, which can happen if proper records aren't kept, or especially if they're cannibalized for parts.