The suspension bridge is miles above.
Source: tatoeba (39743)
Suspension
//səˈspɛnʃən//
Synonyms for "suspension" (295 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (59)
abeyancedelayhalthangingpausependencypostponementstayabandonmentabjurationabjurementabolishmentabolitionabrogationadaptationafterthoughtannulmentarrangementaxbind
Show 33 more words
blockblockadeblockagebootbreachbreakbreathbreatherbreathing placebreathing spacebreathing spellbreathing timebureaucratic delaycaesuracancelcancelingcancellationcashieringcassationcatharsiscease firecease-firecessationcheckcigarette breakcleansingclearancecocktail hourcoffee breakcold storagecombinationconcludingconclusion
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (89)
congecountermandcounterorderdanglementdanglingday offdebarringdeconsecrationdefeasancedefermentdefrockingdelayagedelayed reactiondelayingdeliverancedemotiondenialdependencedependencydeportation
Show 65 more words
deposaldepositiondeprivationdesistancedetachmentdetentiondethronementdisbarmentdisbarringdiscarddischargediscontinuancediscontinuationdiscrownmentdisemploymentdisenthronementdisjunctiondismissaldisplacementdisplacingdisposaldispositiondoldrumsdormancydouble takedowntimedraggingdropdrumming outejectioneliminationemotional releaseendendingenforced respiteeradicationevictionexclusionexcommunicationexileexpatriationexpulsionfinishfiringfissureforbearanceforced resignationforced separationfreeingfurloughinggapgatehang uphang-uphappy hourharmonizationhesitationhiatushibernationhindrancehold-upholdupholidayimmobilityimpeachment
Related words (147)
inactioninactivenessinactivityinertiainstrumentationinteriminterludeintermezzointermissionintermittenceinterruptionintervalintonationinvalidationjamkicking upstairslacunalaglagginglapse
Show 118 more words
latencylayoffletupliquidationlogjamlullmodulationmoratoriummotionlessnessnonexercisenullificationobstructionorchestrationostracismoustingout of school suspensionoutlawingoutlawryoverthrowoverthrowalpaperasseriependulositypendulousnesspensilenesspensilitypensioning offperiodphrasingpink slippreparationprotractionpurgationpurgepurgingquiescencequiescencyrecallrecantationrecessred tapered-tapeismred-taperyrejectionreleaserelinquishmentremissionremovalrenegerenouncementrenunciationrepealreprieverescindingrescindmentrescissionresignationresolutionrespiterestretardanceretardationretirementretractionreversalrevocationrevokerevokementriddancesacksettingsetting asideseveranceslow upslow-upslowdownslownesssolutionspellstand downstand-downstay of executionstopstoppagesuperannuationsurceasesurplusingsuspensesyncopetea breakterminationthe axthe bootthe bouncethe gatethe sacktickettie uptie-uptime lagtime outtone paintingtranscriptiontruceunchurchingunderactivityunfrockingunseatingvacationvacaturvoidancevoidingwaitwaiverwaivingwalking paperswithdrawalwrite offwrite-off
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
12 entriesSynonyms
10 entriesRelated terms
13 entriesderived
26 entriesShowing 16 of 26 words.
has context
6 entriesis a
7 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
34 entriesShowing 16 of 34 words.
Translations
97 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- تَعْلِيق noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- يُعَلِّق noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
Bulgarian
4 entries- временно прекратяване noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- окачване noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- окачване noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- провесване noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
Czech
2 entries- odpružení noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- pérování noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Dutch
4 entries- ophanging noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- ophanging noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- schorsing noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- schorsing noun (temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct)
Estonian
1 entries- vedrustus noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Finnish
4 entries- jännitys noun (act of keeping a person listening in doubt and expectation)
- keskeytys noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- keskeytys noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- peruutus noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
French
1 entries- systéme amortisseur noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Galician
1 entries- suspensión noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
German
4 entries- Aufhängung noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- Aussetzung noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- Aussetzung noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- Federung noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Greek
4 entries- αιώρημα noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- ανάρτηση noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- διαθεσιμότητα noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- εκκρεμότητα noun (Scots law: stay or postponement of the execution of a sentence)
Hindi
3 entries- निलंबन noun (temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct)
- स्थगन noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- स्थगन noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
Indonesian
4 entries- pemberhentian sementara noun (temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct)
- skorsing noun (temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct)
- skorsing noun (education: process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment)
- suspensi noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
Italian
4 entries- balestra noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- sospensione noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- sospensione noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- sospensione noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Malay
2 entries- ampaian noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- penggantungan noun (temporary barring of a person from a workplace, society, etc. pending investigation into alleged misconduct)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fjæring noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- hjuloppheng noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- hjuloppheng noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Persian
1 entries- سیستم تعلیق noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Polish
4 entries- napięcie noun (act of keeping a person listening in doubt and expectation)
- suspensja noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- zawiesina noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- zawieszenie noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
Portuguese
1 entries- suspensão noun (education: process of barring a student from school grounds as a form of punishment)
Romanian
4 entries- suspendare noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- suspendare noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- suspensie noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- suspensie noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Russian
4 entries- взвесь noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- подве́ска noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- прекраще́ние noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- приостано́вка noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
Spanish
1 entries- suspensión noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
Swedish
4 entries- fjädring noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- hjulupphängning noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- spänning noun (act of keeping a person listening in doubt and expectation)
- suspendering noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
Tagalog
2 entries- kabitnan noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
- malabitin noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
Thai
1 entries- สารแขวนลอย noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
Turkish
4 entries- amortisör noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
- askıya alma noun (act of suspending or state of being suspended)
- durdurma noun (temporary or conditional delay, interruption or discontinuation)
- süspansiyon noun (state of a solid when mixed with, but not dissolved in a fluid)
Ukrainian
1 entries- підві́ска noun (vehicle: system of springs and shock absorbers connected to the wheels in an automobile)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
There is a suspension bridge ahead of us.
Source: tatoeba (247624)
Traffic was also disrupted including the suspension of the Akita, Tohoku bullet train.
Source: tatoeba (329619)
He wrote the article "Interstellar Voyages with Passengers in Cryogenic Suspension."
Source: tatoeba (1469430)
Showing 4 of 19 available sentences.
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.