Synonyms for suspend
səˈspɛndsus·pend

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. suspendverb

   Antonyms:
   resume

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 2 votes

1. suspend

   Synonyms:
   attach, hang, rest, interrupt, delay, intermit, stop, discontinue

   Antonyms:
   detach, drop, remove, continue, expedite, protract, prolong

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. suspendverb

   hang freely

   "The secret police suspended their victims from the ceiling and beat them"

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

2. suspendverb

   cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   "suspend the particles"

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

3. suspend, debarverb

   bar temporarily; from school, office, etc.

   Synonyms:
   deflect, head off, bar, obviate, forfend, forefend, avoid, stave off, fend off, freeze, set aside, debar, exclude, ward off, avert

4. freeze, suspendverb

   stop a process or a habit by imposing a freeze on it

   "Suspend the aid to the war-torn country"

   Synonyms:
   block, stop dead, immobilize, set aside, freeze, freeze down, debar, freeze out, immobilise

5. suspend, set asideverb

   make inoperative or stop

   "suspend payments on the loan"

   Synonyms:
   allow, appropriate, reserve, freeze, set aside, debar, earmark

6. suspendverb

   render temporarily ineffective

   "the prison sentence was suspended"

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Chemistry
   • Defer
   • Expel
   • Hang
   • Interrupt

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   hang, SLING UP

2. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   make to depend

3. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   interrupt, intermit, stay, stop, discontinue, arrest, leave off, give over, break off

4. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   defer, delay, postpone, withhold, lay over, stave off

5. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   debar (as from an office) temporarily

6. suspendverb

   Synonyms:
   stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "suspend":

   suspension, suspending, discontinue, interrupt, suspends, halt, stop, adjourn, suspended, comment, postpone, waive, stay, cease, dangle

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How to use suspend in a sentence?

1. Adam Jones:

   Instead of kicking them out of the stadium, they need to fine them 10 grand, 20 grand, 30 grand. Something that really hurts somebody. Make them pay in full. And if they don't, take it out of their check, that's how you hurt somebody. You suspend them from the stadium, what does that mean? It's a slap on the wrist.

2. Tom Abinanti:

   The governor has not yet left office. So, I believe the decision to suspend the investigation is premature, democratic Judiciary Committee should continue to meet and discuss the issues, and then draft a report on the extensive investigation that Democratic Judiciary Committee, and Democratic Judiciary Committee attorneys, have conducted.

3. Monsanto Co:

   The company plans to take measures to protect its current assets and will suspend launching any future soybean technologies in the country.

4. Kim You-geun:

   This government has decided to suspend our notice of Aug. 23 on the Korea-Japan intelligence agreement on the condition the agreement can be terminated at any time, japan has expressed its understanding.

5. Qais Abu Laila:

   This is the right time to suspend security coordination, the feeling within the Palestinian leadership is to review the entire relationship with Israel in light of the ... decision to suspend tax revenues and the continuation of land confiscation.