234 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ səspˈɛns], [ səspˈɛns], [ s_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_n_s]

Similar words for suspense:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• anticipation (noun)
• anxiety (noun)
• cognition (noun)
• doubt (noun)
• drama (noun)
• expectancy (noun)
• expectation (noun)
• impatience (noun)
• intermission (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• perplexity (noun)
• plot (noun)
• suspension (noun)
• tension (noun)
• other synonyms

Paraphrases for suspense

Hyponyms for suspense

Synonyms for Suspense:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • feeling.

• n.

  •
  • distress,
  • concern,
  • strain,
  • worry,
  • pressure,
  • stress,
  • disquiet,
  • alarm.
  •
  • confusion.
  • anticipation (noun)
  • indecisiveness,
  • potboiler,
  • page-turner,
  • indecision,
  • eagerness,
  • hesitancy,
  • cliff-hanger,
  • thriller,
  • grabber,
  • hesitation,
  • perplexity,
  • insecurity,
  • apprehension,
  • irresolution,
  • uncertainty,
  • wavering,
  • cloak and dagger,
  • chiller,
  • dilemma.
  • anxiety (noun)
  • dis-tresses,
  • dis-quiets,
  • fore boding,
  • mis-trusts,
  • dis quietudes,
  • worriments,
  • un-easinesses,
  • pins needles,
  • mis-giving,
  • Nail Biting,
  • dis quietude,
  • dis-tress,
  • heebiejeebies,
  • un easiness,
  • un-certainties,
  • nailbitings,
  • dis tress,
  • un easinesses,
  • mis-trust,
  • fretfulnesses,
  • un certainties,
  • ants pants,
  • heebie jeebies,
  • cold sweats,
  • dis quiets,
  • un-certainty,
  • mis trusts,
  • un certainty,
  • un-easiness,
  • nail-bitings,
  • mis trust,
  • dis-quietude,
  • mis giving,
  • nailbiting,
  • nail bitings,
  • fore-bodings,
  • dis quiet,
  • dis tresses,
  • dis-quietudes,
  • fore-boding,
  • all overs,
  • fore bodings,
  • allovers,
  • dis-quiet.
  • cognition (noun)
  • suspense.
  • doubt (noun)
  • demurral,
  • agnosticism,
  • lack of confidence,
  • waverings,
  • scruples,
  • scruple.
  • drama (noun)
  • art,
  • pageant,
  • comedy,
  • melodrama,
  • production,
  • drama,
  • mystery,
  • ballet,
  • improvisation,
  • scene,
  • teleplay,
  • presentation,
  • skit,
  • pantomime,
  • burlesque,
  • excitement,
  • mime,
  • variety,
  • vaudeville,
  • tragedy,
  • choreography,
  • improvisational drama,
  • show,
  • characterization,
  • panorama,
  • rendering,
  • spectacle,
  • broadway,
  • theater.
  • expectancy (noun)
  • pre sentiments,
  • out look,
  • pre-sentiment,
  • pro spect,
  • be lief,
  • pre sentiment,
  • pre-dictions,
  • pre diction,
  • sur mise,
  • pro-spects,
  • sur-mise,
  • be-lief,
  • sur mises,
  • out-looks,
  • pro spects,
  • out-look,
  • sur-mises,
  • pre-diction,
  • looking forwards,
  • out looks,
  • pre-sentiments,
  • pre dictions.
  • expectation (noun)
  • envisioning,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • foreboding,
  • dread,
  • fear,
  • presumption,
  • anticipation,
  • pessimism,
  • contemplation.
  • impatience (noun)
  • in-tolerances,
  • impetuosities,
  • in tolerances,
  • quick tempers,
  • shortnesses,
  • in-tolerance,
  • snappinesses,
  • in tolerance,
  • irritablenesses,
  • edginesses.
  • intermission (noun)
  • time out,
  • interregnum,
  • let-up,
  • Interregnums,
  • timeout,
  • breakoff,
  • breathing spell,
  • break-off,
  • quiescency.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • likelihood,
  • nail-biting,
  • mistrust,
  • doubt,
  • antsiness,
  • expectation,
  • looking forward,
  • impatience,
  • disbarment,
  • panic,
  • edginess,
  • Uncertainties,
  • intermission,
  • shortness,
  • suspension,
  • snappiness,
  • tension,
  • story line,
  • butterfly,
  • quick temper,
  • unease,
  • worriment,
  • Irritableness,
  • ants in pants,
  • plot,
  • bad feeling,
  • anxiety,
  • waitings,
  • impetuosity,
  • cutoff,
  • cold sweat,
  • prediction,
  • story-line,
  • heave-ho,
  • hastiness,
  • expectancy,
  • willies,
  • Butterflies,
  • fretfulness.
  • perplexity (noun)
  • puzzlement.
  • plot (noun)
  • out lines,
  • out line,
  • un folding,
  • un-folding,
  • out-lines,
  • out-line.
  • suspension (noun)
  • dis-continuation,
  • de-ferment,
  • disbarments,
  • heave ho,
  • concludings,
  • heave-hos,
  • dis-continuing,
  • re-missions,
  • heavehos,
  • heaveho,
  • re missions,
  • de ferment,
  • re mission,
  • dis continuations,
  • heave hos,
  • dis continuation,
  • re-mission,
  • dis-continuations,
  • de ferments,
  • de-ferments,
  • discontinuings,
  • dis continuing.
  • tension (noun)
  • bad feelings,
  • antsinesses,
  • dis-comfort,
  • dis-comforts,
  • dis comforts,
  • dis comfort.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • stability.

Paraphrases for Suspense:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    anticipation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    clearing, commentator, insecurity, Narrows, Waits.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    sufferance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    abeyance, excitement, sufferance, suspension, tension, uncertainty.

Hyponym for Suspense:

• n.

  • cognition
    doubtfulness, doubt, incertitude, uncertainty, dubiousness, dubiety.
  • feeling
    apprehension, apprehensiveness, expectancy, anticipation, dread.