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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1. Director Thomas Winkelmann:

   That is acceptable because maintenance standards inside the Lufthansa group are known as very high worldwide. As long as you have your maintenance schedule in place and follow all the procedures together with the manufacturer, there is absolutely no issue with the age of an airplane.

2. Victor Shum:

   I expect that with refinery maintenance peaking (in the U.S., Europe and Asia) in mid-April, that will push oil prices down.

3. John Geesman:

   We are taking action now on important safety and maintenance measures identified through our accelerated and enhanced safety inspections and will continue to keep our regulators, customers and investors informed of our efforts. this corroborates a lot of the worst things that people have believed.

4. United Airlines:

   United Airlines flight UA28...with 227 customers and a crew of 13 on board, is returning to Heathrow because of a maintenance issue.

5. Cori Roberts:

   We have donation and volunteer recruiters, we have maintenance and general labor recruiters, we have the web designer, and the media outreach, we have security, and then we have the treasurer-donation organizer.