What is another word for suspense?
Pronunciation:
[ səspˈɛns], [ səspˈɛns], [ s_ə_s_p_ˈɛ_n_s]
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Similar words for suspense:
- anticipation (noun)
- anxiety (noun)
- cognition (noun)
- doubt (noun)
- drama (noun)
- expectancy (noun)
- expectation (noun)
- impatience (noun)
- intermission (noun)
- perplexity (noun)
- plot (noun)
- suspension (noun)
- tension (noun)
Synonyms for Suspense:
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- confusion .
- apprehension ,
- chiller ,
- cliff-hanger ,
- cloak and dagger ,
- dilemma ,
- eagerness ,
- grabber ,
- hesitancy ,
- hesitation ,
- indecision ,
- indecisiveness ,
- insecurity ,
- irresolution ,
- page-turner ,
- perplexity ,
- potboiler ,
- thriller ,
- uncertainty ,
- wavering .
- Nail Biting ,
- all overs ,
- allovers ,
- ants pants ,
- cold sweats ,
- dis quiet ,
- dis quiets ,
- dis quietude ,
- dis quietudes ,
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-quiet ,
- dis-quiets ,
- dis-quietude ,
- dis-quietudes ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- fore boding ,
- fore bodings ,
- fore-boding ,
- fore-bodings ,
- fretfulnesses ,
- heebie jeebies ,
- heebiejeebies ,
- mis giving ,
- mis trust ,
- mis trusts ,
- mis-giving ,
- mis-trust ,
- mis-trusts ,
- nail bitings ,
- nail-bitings ,
- nailbiting ,
- nailbitings ,
- pins needles ,
- un certainties ,
- un certainty ,
- un easiness ,
- un easinesses ,
- un-certainties ,
- un-certainty ,
- un-easiness ,
- un-easinesses ,
- worriments .
- art ,
- ballet ,
- broadway ,
- burlesque ,
- characterization ,
- choreography ,
- comedy ,
- drama ,
- excitement ,
- improvisation ,
- improvisational drama ,
- melodrama ,
- mime ,
- mystery ,
- pageant ,
- panorama ,
- pantomime ,
- presentation ,
- production ,
- rendering ,
- scene ,
- show ,
- skit ,
- spectacle ,
- teleplay ,
- theater ,
- tragedy ,
- variety ,
- vaudeville .
- be lief ,
- be-lief ,
- looking forwards ,
- out look ,
- out looks ,
- out-look ,
- out-looks ,
- pre diction ,
- pre dictions ,
- pre sentiment ,
- pre sentiments ,
- pre-diction ,
- pre-dictions ,
- pre-sentiment ,
- pre-sentiments ,
- pro spect ,
- pro spects ,
- pro-spects ,
- sur mise ,
- sur mises ,
- sur-mise ,
- sur-mises .
- anticipation ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- contemplation ,
- dread ,
- envisioning ,
- fear ,
- foreboding ,
- pessimism ,
- presumption .
- edginesses ,
- impetuosities ,
- in tolerance ,
- in tolerances ,
- in-tolerance ,
- in-tolerances ,
- irritablenesses ,
- quick tempers ,
- shortnesses ,
- snappinesses .
- Interregnums ,
- break-off ,
- breakoff ,
- breathing spell ,
- interregnum ,
- let-up ,
- quiescency ,
- time out ,
- timeout .
Other synonyms:
- stability .
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How to use "Suspense" in context?
There's a certain sense of suspense that pervades through the air when a story is unfolding and the audience is trying to figure out what's going to happen next. When the characters in a story are in jeopardy, the audience is immediately on edge, anxious to see how things will turn out. The heightened sense of suspense can be partly attributed to how effective storytelling can be in building suspense. In fact, some studies have shown that audiences tend to focus more on stories when there's suspense involved and are more likely to identify with the characters.
Paraphrases for Suspense:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
anticipation.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
clearing, commentator, insecurity, Narrows, Waits.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Proper noun, singular
sufferance.
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Noun, singular or mass
abeyance, excitement, sufferance, suspension, tension, uncertainty.
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Proper noun, singular
Hyponym for Suspense:
n.
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cognition
doubtfulness, doubt, incertitude, uncertainty, dubiousness, dubiety.
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feeling
apprehension, apprehensiveness, expectancy, anticipation, dread.
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cognition
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