Synonyms for HANGING
ˈhæŋ ɪŋhang·ing

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1. hanging, wall hangingnoun

   decoration that is hung (as a tapestry) on a wall or over a window

   "the cold castle walls were covered with hangings"

   Synonyms:
   dangling, suspension, wall hanging, hanging

2. hangingnoun

   a form of capital punishment; victim is suspended by the neck from a gallows or gibbet until dead

   "in those days the hanging of criminals was a public entertainment"

   Synonyms:
   dangling, suspension, wall hanging

3. 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

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1. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   suspension

2. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   death by the halter

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1. hangingadjective

   Synonyms:
   suspended, pendent, pendulous, pensile, dangling

2. hangingnoun

   Synonyms:
   suspension, execution, drapery, valance, tapestry, dorsal, lambrequin

   Associated words:
   gallows gibbet

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1. List of paraphrases for "hanging":

   hangman, dangling, suspended

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1. Dana Perino:

   One of the best gifts I ever got [as a child] was a play kitchen, complete with an oven, pots and pans, i already had the imagination I needed to cook up delicious meals for all my dolls and stuffed-animal friends. I also had a ‘Sesame Street' playhouse that would unfold, and I was right there with Big Bird and all the other residents hanging out on the steps of the best neighborhood in the world. It was amazing to live on a block where I could have so many friends.

2. Richard Soliz thanks:

   I was literally on my deathbed and hanging from a string, and [ doctors and nurses ] tended to me as perfect strangers.

3. Rafi Eitan:

   Rafi Eitan told Fox News Leland Vittert. Eventually, the man admitted he was Adolf Eichmann. With more derring-do, Rafi Eitan and his fellow commandoes spirited Eichmann out of Argentina and brought him back to Israel where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. ANCIENT CLAY JAR FRAGMENT DEPICTING GROTESQUE DEITY DISCOVERED IN JERUSALEMS CITY OF DAVID At a reunion for those involved in Eichmanns capture and trial some years ago, Rafi Eitan recalled Eichmanns capturewith a twinkle in Rafi Eitan eye. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP I was 51 years younger( then), but I am able and ready to do the same thing again.

4. Rafael Molina:

   It was done with the sword of Damocles hanging over them.

5. Ginger Tidwell:

   It was still sunny and everyone just came out to the street because they lost power and air conditioning; it was super-crowded, everyone was hanging out on the street on a nice night. All you could hear was fire trucks up and down Broadway. All of Broadway was without traffic lights.