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suspend - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang from above |
| Synonyms: | append, attach, dangle, depend, sling, swing, wave, be pendent, hang down, hang up, hook up |
| Antonyms: | rise |
| Main Entry: | suspend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hold up, interrupt, lay off, omit, pigeonhole*, postpone, procrastinate, protract, put off, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold, hang fire, hang up, inactivate, intermit, lay aside, lay on the table, lay over, pink-slip, prorogue, put a stop to, put an end to, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | adjourn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop a proceeding |
| Synonyms: | curb, defer, delay, discontinue, hold up, postpone, put off, recess, restrain, shelve, stay, suspend, hold off, hold over, prorogue |
| Antonyms: | begin, convene, convoke, encourage, further, open, rally, stimulate, urge, keep on |
| Main Entry: | break up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | end relationship, activity |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, terminate, put an end to, take apart |
| Antonyms: | reconcile |
| Main Entry: | count out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard, exclude |
| Synonyms: | bar, debar, eliminate, except, get rid of, pass over, rule out, suspend, bate, leave out, leave out of account, mark off |
| Antonyms: | consider, include, regard, figure on |
| Main Entry: | delay |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause stop in action |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, block, check, choke, clog, confine, curb, dawdle, defer, detain, deter, dilly-dally*, discourage, drag, encumber, filibuster, hamper, hold, impede, inhibit, interfere, keep, lag, linger, loiter, obstruct, postpone, prevent, procrastinate, prolong, protract, put off, repress, restrict, retard, shelve, slacken, stall, stave off, stay, suspend, table, tarry, temporize, withhold, bide time, gain time, hold over, intermit, keep back, lay over, prorogue, remand |
| Notes: | various things may cause a delay, but a postponement will result from the action of a person |
| Antonyms: | advance, dispatch, expedite, further, hasten, hurry, rush, speed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | desist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, refrain from |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abstain, avoid, break off, cease, discontinue, end, forbear, halt, knock off*, leave off, pause, quit, relinquish, resign, surcease, suspend, yield, give over, give up, have done with, not do |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, endure, go on, persevere, resume, keep on, restart |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | discontinue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent activity from going on |
| Synonyms: | abandon, break off*, cease, close, desist, disconnect, disjoin, disunite, drop, end, finish, halt, interpose, interrupt, intervene, kill, knock off*, leave off, part, pause, quit, scrub, separate, stop, surcease, suspend, terminate, bag it, blow off*, call it quits, dissever, give over, give up, put an end to, refrain from |
| Antonyms: | carry on, continue, restart, retry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disqualify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unfit for; be ineligible |
| Synonyms: | bar, debar, disable, eighty-six*, except, exclude, impair, incapacitate, invalidate, nix*, paralyze, preclude, prohibit, rule out, suspend, unfit, weaken, bate, disenable, disentitle, disfranchise, not make the cut |
| Antonyms: | allow, fit, permit, qualify, be eligible, capacitate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | drape |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang over, adorn |
| Synonyms: | array, cloak, clothe, cover, dangle, display, don, dress, droop, drop, enclose, envelop, fold, hang, line, model, roll, sprawl, spread, suspend, swathe, wrap, enswathe, enwrap, lean over, let fall, spread-eagle |
| Antonyms: | undrape |
| Main Entry: | droop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang down; languish |
| Synonyms: | bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither, fall down |
| Antonyms: | inflate, rise |
| Main Entry: | except |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave out |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, count out, debar, disallow, eliminate, exclude, exempt, expostulate, inveigh, object, omit, pass over, protest, reject, remonstrate, rule out, suspend, taboo, bate |
| Antonyms: | admit, allow, include |
| Main Entry: | exclude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | expel, forbid |
| Synonyms: | ban, bar, blackball*, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, get rid of, ignore, interdict, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, shut out, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, bate, drive out, force out, keep out, leave out, lock out, refuse admittance, set aside, shut the door on, ward off |
| Antonyms: | accept, add, admit, allow, include, incorporate, take on, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interfere |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle, intervene |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, conflict, discommode, foil, frustrate, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, inconvenience, inhibit, intercede, intermediate, interpose, intrude, jam, make*, obstruct, obtrude, oppose, prevent, remit, step in, stop, suspend, tamper, thwart, trammel, trouble, fool with, get in the way, get involved, hang up*, incommode, interlope, intermeddle, intermit, mix in, poke nose in |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | interrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bother, interfere |
| Synonyms: | arrest, barge in, break, break in, break off, butt in*, check, come between, crash, cut, cut off*, cut short*, defer, delay, disconnect, discontinue, disjoin, disturb, disunite, divide, halt, heckle, hinder, hold up, horn in, impede, infringe, inject, insinuate, intrude, obstruct, prevent, punctuate, separate, sever, stay, stop, suspend, break train of thought, bust in, chime in*, crowd in, cut in on, edge in, get in the way, in, lay aside, put in, shortstop, work in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pause |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wait, delay |
| Synonyms: | break it up, call time, catch one's breath, cease, come to standstill, deliberate, desist, discontinue, drop, halt, hesitate, hold back, interrupt, put on hold, reflect, rest, shake, sideline, stop briefly, suspend, take a break, take a breather, take five, take ten, think twice, waver |
| Antonyms: | continue, persist, restart |
| Main Entry: | postpone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put off till later time |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, defer, delay, hold up, pigeonhole*, shelve, suspend, table, cool it, give a rain check, hang fire, hold off, hold over, lay over, prorogue, put back, put on back burner, put on hold |
| Antonyms: | carry out, continue, do, expedite, forward, maintain, persevere |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | procrastinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, put off doing |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one's feet, give the run around, goldbrick, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally*, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait |
| Antonyms: | accelerate, advance, complete, do, finish, go ahead, quicken |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | put off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defer, delay |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, dally, dawdle, dillydally*, drag one's feet, hold off, hold over, lag*, lay over, linger, loiter, poke*, postpone, prorogue, put back, reschedule, retard, shelve, stay, suspend, tarry, trail |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, carry out, do, succeed |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take back; renege on |
| Synonyms: | abjure, back, back down, back off, back out of, call off, cancel, change one's mind, countermand, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, draw in, eat one's words, eliminate, exclude, fall back, forget it, forswear, go back on, have change of heart, nig, pull back, pull in, recall, recant, recede, reel in, renege, renounce, repeal, repudiate, rescind, retreat, retrocede, retrograde, reverse, revoke, rule out, sheathe, suspend, take back, take in, unsay, welsh*, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | corroborate, emphasize, reaffirm, repeat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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