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. Tiemen Meester:

   The tough and volatile market environment looks set to continue for some time yet... The board considered it appropriate in view of the broader context to suspend dividend payments for the medium term.

2. Capitol Police Chief Tom Manger:

   We'd have to suspend our health and wellness initiatives that we have started but I think the biggest impact would be our inability to increase... staffing which is so critical.

3. An Iranian official:

   The Western side insists that not only should it (ballistic missiles) remain under sanctions, but that Iran should suspend its program as well, but Iran is insisting on its rights and says all the sanctions, including on the ballistic missiles, should be lifted when the U.N. sanctions are lifted.

4. President Muhammadu Buhari:

   Probably we will suspend the operations of the military in the region for a week or two for individuals in the creeks to converge for the dialogue.

5. Captain Jim Jenkins:

   A decision to suspend searching without finding survivors is extremely difficult given the depth of its impact and I know I speak for the entire Coast Guard when I say our thoughts and prayers are with Marine Corps helicopter squadron and particularly with families and loved ones of those missing.