Synonyms for Suspension
səˈspɛn ʃənsus·pen·sion

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   delay, interruption, intermission, stop

2. suspensionnoun

   The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

   Synonyms:
   intermission, delay, stop, interruption

3. suspensionnoun

   A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

   Synonyms:
   delay, interruption, stop, intermission

4. suspensionnoun

   The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

   Synonyms:
   interruption, stop, intermission, delay

5. suspensionnoun

   The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

   Synonyms:
   intermission, stop, interruption, delay

6. suspensionnoun

   The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allow the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

   Synonyms:
   intermission, stop, interruption, delay

7. suspensionnoun

   A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

   Synonyms:
   stop, intermission, delay, interruption

8. suspensionnoun

   The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.

   Synonyms:
   intermission, delay, stop, interruption

9. suspensionnoun

   A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.

   Synonyms:
   delay, stop, intermission, interruption

10. suspensionnoun

    A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.

    Synonyms:
    delay, intermission, interruption, stop

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. suspensionnoun

   a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

2. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun

   a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

   Synonyms:
   prison-breaking, gap, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, gaolbreak, falling out, hanging, prisonbreak, suspension, recess, faulting, breakout, geological fault, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, abatement, break of serve, hiatus, breach, breakage, abeyance, suspension system, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling

3. abeyance, suspensionnoun

   temporary cessation or suspension

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, reprieve, hanging, intermission, abatement, suspension, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

4. suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatementnoun

   an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

   Synonyms:
   dangling, foramen, relief, suspension, rest, suspension system, respite, reprieve, recess, interruption, rest period, break, temporary removal, hiatus, pause, abatement, abeyance, time out, intermission, hanging

5. suspension, suspension systemnoun

   a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break

6. suspension, dangling, hangingnoun

   the act of suspending something (hanging it from above so it moves freely)

   "there was a small ceremony for the hanging of the portrait"

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, wall hanging, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break

7. suspension, temporary removalnoun

   a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

   Synonyms:
   interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, suspension, hiatus, break

Matched Categories

1. • Mechanical System
   • Mixture
   • Support

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hanging

2. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE

3. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   delay, postponement

4. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   temporary deprivation (as of an office)

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pendency, delay, respite, postponement, abeyance

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1. List of paraphrases for "suspension":

   suspend, suspended, suspensions, suspending, ineligibility, stay, moratorium, recess, derogation, suspention, derogability, adjournment, discontinuation, comment, sleep, interruption, cessation, hanger, waiver, halt, suspensive, discontinuance, commentary, reprieve, deferment, stop, postponement

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How to use Suspension in a sentence?

1. Tom Goyda:

   We want customers who need assistance due to Covid-19 to be able to request and receive a payment suspension quickly and easily, if a customer no longer needs that assistance, we will be happy to remove them from the payment suspension.

2. Matthew Mitten:

   It's pretty unlikely they would say, 'Well, there wasn't any justification to impose any discipline, it's more likely the suspension would be cut to a game or two.

3. Energy Minister Volodymyr Demchyshyn:

   The suspension of deliveries will not affect the safety or transportation of gas (to Europe) ... or preparation for the new heating season, everything depends not on the presence of Russian flows, but on the availability of money (to buy gas).

4. The LVBP:

   We told MLB that the November 5 license was a perfect opportunity for them to lift the suspension, they responded that their lawyers were reviewing the license together with OFAC.

5. Christophe Tchao:

   It's just a suspension (of the talks). The day that the positions will change, I think that the work will start again. But the ... (opposition) needs to be more realistic.