Suspend synonyms and antonyms
sə-spĕnd'
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Part of speech:
To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of:
To enter in a list or table; tabulate.
(Formal) To stop doing (something).
To void or annul a judicial decision, order, and so on, usually on a motion to set aside by the party that is affected detrimentally and based upon some irregularity in the original proceeding.
(Idiomatic) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
To leave out or omit from consideration; reject:
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To cause to be later or slower than expected or desired:
To make a recess in.
To cause an activity to stop by saying or doing something.
To categorize; especially to limit or be limited to a particular category, role, etc.
To put off doing (something unpleasant or burdensome) until a future time; esp., to postpone (such actions) habitually
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To refrain from insisting on or enforcing (a rule, penalty, or requirement, for example); dispense with:
take-a-break
To have a short rest period in one's work or studies, other activities
To discontinue a session of (a parliament, for example).
To cause to disappear or vanish; dispel:
To walk lamely or move in an irregular fashion.
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
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Stay is defined as to spend time in a place or to continue to be in the same condition.
To suspend an activity; cease.
(Idiomatic, intransitive) To make an intermediary stop somewhere.
keep pending
To cease temporarily
hold in abeyance
To cease temporarily
keep in abeyance
To cease temporarily
put on hold
To cease temporarily
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put on the back burner
To cease temporarily
put on ice
To cease temporarily
put on the shelf
To cease temporarily
To cease temporarily
To cause to hang loosely or swing:
To move or wave (a weapon, tool, bat, etc.) with a sweeping motion; flourish; brandish
The definition of wave is to move back and forth in a swinging motion, or to style your hair in a series of curves.
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To cause to hang
continue (antonym)
The definition of continue means to remain or go on.
eject (related)
(Sports) To disqualify or force (a player or coach) to leave the playing area for the remainder of a game.
hang (related)
Used to express exasperation or disgust:
exclude (related)
To prevent from entering; keep out; bar:
sine die
Suspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition. [Mid 17th century]
A temporary stopping of warfare by mutual agreement, as a truce preliminary to the signing of a peace treaty
A ceasing, or stopping, either forever or for some time
The definition of an intermission is a brief pause during two periods of activity.
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(Law) A lawful suspension of the payment of certain debts during a period of financial or civil distress.
pretermission
(Topology) 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.
To prevent, hinder, or prohibit
To deprive of membership or rights in an organization; force to leave:
To keep oneself in a particular state.
The direction of hover is to hang suspended in one spot, or to linger in or near a place.
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To leave out or leave undone; neglect or omit
Prone to halting or hesitation.
Transfer is defined as to move, carry or transport from one person or place to another.
To keep in check; restrain:
finish (antonym)
To bring to an end; complete
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go (antonym)
To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run:
persist (antonym)
To refuse to give up, esp. when faced with opposition or difficulty; continue firmly or steadily
rise (antonym)
Rise is defined as to wake up, stand up, go to a higher place or increase in amount.
To cease subscribing to (a publication).
To suspend until a later stated time.
To defer is defined as to delay something until later or to give into someone else.
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To put off until later; defer; delay
To lay aside as if on a shelf; defer
To serve food at a meal
To rely, especially for support or maintenance:
To throw (stones, etc.) with a sling
do (related)
To behave or conduct oneself; act:
To freeze is defined as to become frozen, to make something frozen or to stop moving.
withdraw (related)
terminate (related)
reinstate (related)
revoke (related)
rescind (related)
cancel (related)
remove (related)
expedite (antonym)
To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.
To fail or neglect (to do something):
Synonym Study
- To dissolve an assembly is to terminate it as constituted, so that an election must be held to reconstitute it
- Prorogue applies esp. to the formal dismissal of the British Parliament by the crown, subject to reassembly
- Adjourn is applied to the action of a deliberative body in bringing a session to a close, with the intention of resuming at a later time
- Postpone implies the intentional delaying of an action or event until a later time
- Suspend denotes the breaking off of proceedings, privileges, etc. for a time, sometimes for such an indefinite time as to suggest cancellation to suspend train service, to suspend a sentence
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