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Synonyms for suspension
səˈspɛn ʃənsus·pen·sion

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  1. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    delay, interruption, intermission, stop

  2. suspensionnoun

    The act of suspending, or the state of being suspended.

    Synonyms:
    intermission, delay, stop, interruption

  3. suspensionnoun

    A temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation.

    Synonyms:
    delay, interruption, stop, intermission

  4. suspensionnoun

    The state of a solid or substance produced when its particles are mixed with, but not dissolved in, a fluid, and are capable of separation by straining.

    Synonyms:
    interruption, stop, intermission, delay

  5. suspensionnoun

    The act of keeping a person who is listening in doubt and expectation of what is to follow.

    Synonyms:
    intermission, stop, interruption, delay

  6. suspensionnoun

    The system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile or car, which allow the vehicle to move smoothly with reduced shock to its occupants.

    Synonyms:
    intermission, stop, interruption, delay

  7. suspensionnoun

    A stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence, usually by letters of suspension granted on application to the lord ordinary.

    Synonyms:
    stop, intermission, delay, interruption

  8. suspensionnoun

    The act of or discord produced by prolonging one or more tones of a chord into the chord which follows, thus producing a momentary discord, suspending the concord which the ear expects.

    Synonyms:
    intermission, delay, stop, interruption

  9. suspensionnoun

    A topological space derived from another by taking the product of the original space with an interval and collapsing each end of the product to a point.

    Synonyms:
    delay, stop, intermission, interruption

  10. suspensionnoun

    A function derived, in a standard way, from another, such that the instant function's domain and codomain are suspensions of the original function's.

    Synonyms:
    delay, intermission, interruption, stop

Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 1 vote

  1. suspensionnoun

    a mixture in which fine particles are suspended in a fluid where they are supported by buoyancy

    Synonyms:
    interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

  2. pause, intermission, break, interruption, suspensionnoun

    a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something

    Synonyms:
    prison-breaking, gap, jailbreak, respite, happy chance, interruption, rift, intermission, severance, gaolbreak, falling out, hanging, prisonbreak, recess, faulting, breakout, geological fault, break, good luck, breaking, disruption, reprieve, open frame, abatement, break of serve, hiatus, breach, breakage, abeyance, suspension system, fault, pause, shift, fracture, time out, temporary removal, rupture, dangling

  3. abeyance, suspensionnoun

    temporary cessation or suspension

    Synonyms:
    interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, reprieve, hanging, intermission, abatement, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

  4. suspension, respite, reprieve, hiatus, abatementnoun

    an interruption in the intensity or amount of something

    Synonyms:
    dangling, foramen, relief, rest, suspension system, respite, reprieve, recess, interruption, rest period, break, temporary removal, hiatus, pause, abatement, abeyance, time out, intermission, hanging

  5. suspension, suspension systemnoun

    a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle

    Synonyms:
    interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

  6. 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, hiatus, break

  7. suspension, temporary removalnoun

    a temporary debarment (from a privilege or position etc)

    Synonyms:
    interruption, abeyance, dangling, respite, hanging, intermission, abatement, reprieve, pause, suspension system, temporary removal, hiatus, break

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    hanging

  2. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE

  3. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    delay, postponement

  4. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    temporary deprivation (as of an office)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.5 / 2 votes

  1. suspensionnoun

    Synonyms:
    pendency, delay, respite, postponement, abeyance

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How to use suspension in a sentence?

  1. Travel Service:

    We're aware of the suspension, today is the last day to apply for the permit as individuals.

  2. Mark Chernoby:

    When you hit a bump in the road, if everything is just right, this suspension can set off that resonance, and what we started seeing is as soon as it got cold this past fall, early winter, we started seeing complaints.

  3. David Howman:

    You mold your style according the presidential requirements, i was a lawyer, a barrister who went to court every day. Every judge is different and you adapt your argument according to the judge so it sort of comes naturally. Howman, who often represented athletes in New Zealand who could not afford his services and paid in cricket bats and All-Blacks rugby jerseys, has been there through all the highs and lows. When WADA opened in 2003, drugs in sport had already become a worldwide epidemic and fair play was merely a quaint idea. Doping was firmly entrenched in the sporting culture, largely tolerated, if not tacitly accepted, by those who competed in everything from cycling's Tour de France to baseball's World Series. With no meaningful out-of-competition testing, a mish-mash of sanctions and banned substance lists, entrepreneurs such as BALCO mastermind Victor Conte operated in near impunity, pushing out designer steroids faster than tests could be developed to detect them. From a small headquarters in Montreal, WADA has grown into a global agency with four regional offices and 35 laboratories, although four are currently under suspension.

  4. Berkley Rios:

    Indiana University Health has put the safety and well-being of patients and team members first by requiring employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Sept. 1, after a two-week unpaid suspension period ending Sept. 14, a total of 125 employees, the equivalent of 61 full time employees, chose not to receive the COVID-19 vaccine and have left the organization.

  5. Morgan Stanley:

    A suspension of Schengen would undermine the functioning of the single market, hurting cross-border trade, transport and tourism.


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