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

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   cessation, deliberation, endurance, immobility, inaction, inactivity, inertia, passion (In philosophic sense), quiescence, quiet, repose, rest, suffering

   Antonyms:
   accomplishment, achievement, act, action, consummation, deed, doing, effect, execution, exercise, exertion, exploit, feat, motion, movement, operation, performance, proceeding, transaction, work

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Mechanical System
   • Mixture
   • Support

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   hanging

2. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   interruption, intermission, SUSPENSE

3. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   delay, postponement

4. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   temporary deprivation (as of an office)

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1. suspensionnoun

   Synonyms:
   pendency, delay, respite, postponement, abeyance

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1. List of paraphrases for "suspension":

   suspend, suspended, suspensions, suspending, ineligibility, stay, moratorium, recess, derogation, suspention, derogability, adjournment, discontinuation, comment, sleep, interruption, cessation, hanger, waiver, halt, suspensive, discontinuance, commentary, reprieve, deferment, stop, postponement

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How to use suspension in a sentence?

1. Professor Barry Schoub:

   AstraZeneca may well have a place, it may well have a significant place. This is only a suspension, not turfing it out, we have got in South Africa a problem with the variant, it all hinges on that.

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. Penn State:

   The interim suspension means the fraternity loses all privileges as a recognized student organization pending the outcome of the investigations.

4. Tom Brady:

   I am very disappointed by the NFL’s decision to uphold the four-game suspension against me, i did nothing wrong, and no one in the Patriots organization did either.

5. Janine Sikes:

   A suspension does have a time limit. It can range from one semester to years depending on the circumstances.