Definition
- (verb) To halt something temporarily. “The meeting was suspended for lunch.”
- (verb) To hold in an undetermined or undecided state. “to suspend one's judgement or one's disbelief”
- (verb) To discontinue or interrupt a function, task, position, or event. “to suspend a thread of execution in a computer program”
- (verb) To hang freely; underhang. “to suspend a ball by a thread”
- (verb) To bring a solid substance, usually in powder form, into suspension in a liquid.
- (verb) To make to depend.
- (verb) To debar, or cause to withdraw temporarily, from any privilege, from the execution of an office, from the enjoyment of income, etc. “to suspend a student from college; to suspend a member of a club”
- (verb) To support in a liquid, as an insoluble powder, by stirring, to facilitate chemical action.
- (verb) (travel) To remove the value of an unused coupon from an air ticket, typically so as to allow continuation of the next sectors' travel.
Word stats
- Suspends contains 8 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 11.
Words that mean the opposite
Words you can build
Word neighbours
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with SUS
- susceptibility
- susceptible
- sushi
- suspect
- suspected
- suspecting
- suspects
- suspend
- suspended
- suspender
- suspenders
- suspending
- suspense
- suspenseful
- suspension
- suspensions
- suspicion
- suspicions
See all words starting with SUS →
Words ending with NDS
Frequently asked questions
What does Suspends mean?
To halt something temporarily.
How many letters are in Suspends?
Suspends has 8 letters.
Solve more words
Find words from your own letters with our free puzzle tools.