Antonyms for suspend
səˈspɛndsus·pend

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1. suspendverb

   Antonyms:
   resume

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

1. suspend

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

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

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

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms: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

How to use suspend in a sentence?

1. Erik Knutzen:

   Companies are scrambling to suspend guidance, nobody really knows what's next. This is uncharted territory.

2. Robert Jones:

   David Valadao has one vote in the distant past to point to and every other time David Valadao had a chance( to suspend the gas tax) David Valadao did not have the courage to do it on the floor in Sacramento, the reason voters have supported David( David Valadao) throughout the years -- and what they're looking for in a representative -- is somebody who's willing to stand up to their party and take the tough voters. Rudy Salas has no history of that. When tough votes come around, Rudy sticks Rudy Salas finger in the air and changes Rudy Salas vote in the dead of night. That's not leadership.

3. Jim Shulman:

   If two people object, we are back on the basic rule … which says we have to wait four weeks. But, if we don’t get that many objections, then we can suspend the rules … and we can vote tonight, and my guess is, if we do that, the council will vote to send Rep. Justin Jones right back to the Tennessee State House.

4. Marie Harf:

   Any satellite launch that uses ballistic missile technology would be a violation of multiple Security Council resolutions that require North Korea to suspend all activities related to its ballistic missile program.

5. Pacifique Nininahazwe:

   We asked protesters to suspend demonstrating for one day before resuming the movement on Sunday.

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