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

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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. Carly Fiorina:

   While I suspend my candidacy today, I will continue to travel this country and fight for those Americans who refuse to settle for the way things are and a status quo that no longer works for them.

2. Ko Ni:

   There is an informal way (to amend the constitution) in which we have to enact a special law to temporarily suspend the provision in 59 (f). This law can be enacted by 51 percent of votes at the Union Parliament.

3. Special Counsel Carolyn Lerner:

   The lack of accountability in these cases stands in stark contrast to disciplinary actions taken against VA whistleblowers, the VA has attempted to fire or suspend whistleblowers for minor indiscretions and, often, for activity directly related to the employee's whistleblowing. While OSC has worked with VA headquarters to rescind the disciplinary actions in these cases, the severity of the initial punishments chills other employees from stepping forward to report concerns.

4. Dominik Hasek:

   What!? Not only an alibist, a chicken s----, but also a liar! every adult in Europe knows well, that Putin is a mad killer and that Russia is waging an offensive war against the free country and its people. The NHL must immediately suspend contracts for all Russian players!

5. Sergey Lavrov:

   As a result of NATO’s deliberate moves, we have practically no conditions for elementary diplomatic work and in response to NATO’s actions we suspend the work of our permanent mission to NATO, including the work of the chief military envoy, probably from Nov. 1. Or it may take several more days.