Suspend Synonyms and Antonyms

sə-spĕnd
To cease temporarily
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. adjourn
  2. defer
  3. delay
  4. postpone
  5. shelve
  6. table
  7. waive
  8. hold off
  9. discontinue
  10. cease
  11. interrupt
  12. debar
  13. halt
  14. stay
  15. intermit
  16. put off
  17. pigeonhole
  18. put-aside
  19. set-aside
  20. procrastinate
  21. bar
  22. take-a-break
  23. recess
  24. hold up
  25. prorogue
  26. dangle
  27. dissolve
  28. break off
  29. check
  30. freeze
  31. remit
  32. stave off
  33. eliminate
  34. expel
  35. lay over
  36. keep pending
  37. hold in abeyance
  38. hang
  39. keep in abeyance
  40. hold
  41. put on hold
  42. put on the back burner
  43. hover
  44. put on ice
  45. put on the shelf
  46. back-burner
  47. pretermit
  48. refrain
  49. wait
  50. stop
  51. swing
  52. transfer
  53. withhold
Antonyms:
  1. continue
  2. carry on
  3. expedite
To hang
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hang
  2. dangle
  3. swing
  4. depend
  5. set-aside
  6. sling
  7. wave
Antonyms:
  1. rise
To cause to hang
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. hang-up
  2. swing
  3. hook-up
To hold in abeyance; defer:
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. defer

Words Related to Suspend

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Suspend Sentence Examples

  • The burgomaster has the power to suspend any of the council's decrees for 30 days.

  • In October he was ordered by Charles to suspend the etcetera oath.

  • A/, shows a form sufficiently unlike it is necessary to suspend judgment.

  • On the 27th of July the ambassadors of the five powers presented to the Porte a joint note, in which they declared that an agreement on the Eastern Question had been reached by the five Great Powers, and urged it "to suspend all definite decision made without their concurrence, pending the effect of their interest in its welfare."

  • Such a court can only suspend for seven days unless with the sanction of the Holy Synod (Joyce, op. cit.).

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