suspends Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- recesses
- prorogates
- disperses
- revokes
- terminates
- disbands
- halts
- discontinues
- prorogues
- defers
- closes
Weak:
suspends Meaning
suspends
to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support, to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function, to force to give up some right or position for a time, hang, to keep fixed or lost (as in wonder or contemplation), to hang so as to be free on all sides except at the point of support, to make temporarily ineffective, stay, to put off on certain conditions, to cease operation temporarily, to defer until a later time see also suspended sentence at sentence, to hold (a musical note) over into the following chord, to keep waiting in suspense or indecision, to cause to stop temporarily, to stop payment or fail to meet obligations, to put or hold in suspension, to set aside or make temporarily inoperative, to debar temporarily from a privilege, office, or function, to hold in an undetermined or undecided state awaiting further information, to stop temporarily, to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support (such as buoyancy), to stop or do away with for a time, to defer to a later time on specified conditions
suspends Sentence Examples
- The judge suspends the defendant's sentence pending an appeal.
- The company suspends its operations due to financial difficulties.
- The doctor suspends her patient's medication to check for adverse effects.
- The suspension bridge suspends cars and pedestrians high above the water.
- The suspension cable supports the weight of the bridge.
- The acrobat suspends himself upside down on a trapeze.
- The storm suspends all public transportation in the city.
- The teacher suspends a student for disruptive behavior.
- The government suspends taxes for victims of a natural disaster.
- The jury suspends deliberations to hear new evidence.
FAQs About the word suspends
to keep from falling or sinking by some invisible support, to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function, to force to give up some right
postpones, interrupts, adjourns,recesses, prorogates, disperses, revokes, terminates, disbands, halts
continues, inaugurates, extends,opens, proceeds, launches, prolongs, resumes, assembles, draws out
The judge suspends the defendant's sentence pending an appeal.
The company suspends its operations due to financial difficulties.
The doctor suspends her patient's medication to check for adverse effects.
The suspension bridge suspends cars and pedestrians high above the water.
