Synonyms for Suspense

Synonyms for "suspense" (140 found)

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Closest matches (28)

abeyance agitationall oversall-overs angst anticipation anxietyanxiety hysteriaanxiety neurosisanxious benchanxious concernanxious seatanxiousness apathy apprehension apprehensivenesscankerworm of carecapriciousness care catalepsy

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catatonia chance chanciness changeablenesscliff hanging

Noun(2 words)

anticipation anxiety

Adjective(1 words)

anticipatory thrill

Strong matches (42)

cliff-hanging concern concernment danglement dangling deadliness deathliness dependence dependency disquiet disquietude distress disturbance dormancy doubt dread entropy erraticism erraticness excitement

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expectancyexpectant waitingexpectation fear fickleness foreboding forebodingness hanging hesitancy hesitation incalculability incertitude indecision indecisiveness indefiniteness indemonstrability indeterminacy indetermination indeterminism

Noun(1 words)

dramatic tension

Adjective(2 words)

french tensionheightened narrative tension

Related words (70)

indifference indolence inertia inertness inquietude insecurity irresolution languor latency lotus-eating luck malaise misgiving moratoriumnervous strainnervous tensionnervousness overanxiety passiveness passivity

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Noun(7 words)

narrative tensionplot suspensetense tension tenterhook uncertainty wait

Adjective(1 words)

romanian tensiune

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

15 entries

anticipation apprehension apprehensiveness doubt doubtfulness dread dubiety dubiousnessemotional stateexpectancy incertitudeliterary techniquemental statenarrative deviceuncertainty

More specific

4 entries

cliffhangerdramatic tensionnarrative suspensepage turner

Collocations

6 entries

build suspensecreate suspenseheighten suspensesuspense levelsuspenseful musicsuspenseful scene

Inflections

1 entries

suspenses

Derivations

2 entries

suspenseful suspensefully

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't keep me in suspense!

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The suspense is killing me!

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Suspense is the very stuff of narrative.

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Readers had been waiting in suspense for at least three months before they got an answer.

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