Synonyms for suspend
səˈspɛnd

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1. suspend(verb)

   hang freely

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

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

2. suspend(verb)

   cause to be held in suspension in a fluid

   "suspend the particles"

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

3. suspend, debar(verb)

   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, suspend(verb)

   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 aside(verb)

   make inoperative or stop

   "suspend payments on the loan"

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

6. suspend(verb)

   render temporarily ineffective

   "the prison sentence was suspended"

   Synonyms:
   set aside, debar, freeze

Wiktionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. suspend(verb)

   Antonyms:
   resume

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

1. suspend

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

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

Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. suspend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   hang, SLING UP

2. suspend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   make to depend

3. suspend(v. a.)

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

4. suspend(v. a.)

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

5. suspend(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   debar (as from an office) temporarily

6. suspend(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   stop payment, become bankrupt, go into bankruptcy

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1. List of paraphrases:

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

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