Synonyms for maintenance

Other words for “maintenance”, grouped by meaning.

We found 7 synonyms for “maintenance”. The most common are care, upkeep, alimony, sustenance, sustentation.

noun activity involved in maintaining something in good working order

Synonymscareupkeep

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

Synonymsalimony

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

noun 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

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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