suspended
Dangling in midair
Suspended means hanging from above or held in place within a medium: A chandelier was suspended from the ceiling, particles suspended in liquid.
It also means temporarily stopped or put on hold: The game was suspended due to rain, His license has been suspended.
A student who is suspended has been temporarily barred from school as punishment.
In all uses, suspended suggests an intermediate state—neither fully active nor permanently ended.
Came to rest
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- interruptedBroken mid-course
- stoppedBrought to a halt
- pausedStopped temporarily
discontinued · postponed · deferred · shelved · tabled · on hold · abeyant · dormant
Suspended and swaying freely
- swingingMoving in arcs
- swayingRhythmic lateral movement
- pendulousHanging so as to swing
- droopingHanging or bending downward
hovering · floating · midair · aloft · overhead · chandelier · mobile · trapeze
State of uncertain waiting
- abeyanceTemporary inactive state
- indeterminateNot exactly known
- unresolvedLacking final determination
- pendingAwaiting resolution or decision
tentative · provisional · interim · undecided · unsettled · contingent · awaiting · in question
Officially removed or banished
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- barredBlocked from entry
- disqualifiedDeclared unfit to compete
- benchedTaken out of action
sidelined · dismissed · excluded · removed · disciplined · penalized · sanctioned · probation
Notes sounded simultaneously
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- tensionStretched or strained state
- dominantHaving superior influence
fourth · ninth · prolongation · cadence · voicing · harmony · anticipation · delay
halted
Came to rest
- frozenSolidified by extreme cold
- interruptedBroken mid-course
- stoppedBrought to a halt
paused · discontinued · postponed · deferred · shelved · tabled · on hold · abeyant · dormant · mothballed
dangling
Suspended and swaying freely
drooping · hovering · floating · midair · aloft · overhead · chandelier · mobile · trapeze · hammock
limbo
State of uncertain waiting
- abeyanceTemporary inactive state
- indeterminateNot exactly known
- unresolvedLacking final determination
pending · tentative · provisional · interim · undecided · unsettled · contingent · awaiting · in question · up in the air
expelled
Officially removed or banished
- bannedOfficially disallowed
- barredBlocked from entry
- disqualifiedDeclared unfit to compete
benched · sidelined · dismissed · excluded · removed · disciplined · penalized · sanctioned · probation · ineligible
chord
Notes sounded simultaneously
- dissonanceLack of harmony
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- tensionStretched or strained state
dominant · fourth · ninth · prolongation · cadence · voicing · harmony · anticipation · delay · preparation
- incompleteincomplete, unfinished, partial, fragmentary, half-done
- positionedplaced, positioned, situated, located, set
- membership statusmember, non-member, active, inactive, pending
- student statusenrolled, withdrawn, graduated, expelled, active
- social mediaposts, post, influencer status, followers, tweet
- body positionslying down, flat, upright, standing, sitting
suspendedactive
In operation now
reinstated · in good standing · unsuspended · participating · enrolled
suspendedcontinued
Went on without stopping
ongoing · resumed · proceeding · in progress · finished
- suspended animationHalted vital functions, reversible
- suspend one's disbeliefAccept fiction as real temporarily
- suspended licenseDriving privilege temporarily removed
- suspended sentencePostponed jail penalty
- account suspendedAccess denied by platform
- suspended in midair
suspend, suspendable, suspenders, suspends, suspending, suspender, suspended animation