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suspense
Overview of noun suspense
The noun suspense has 3 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) suspense -- (apprehension about what is going to happen)
2. (2) suspense -- (an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years")
3. suspense -- (excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suspense
3 senses of suspense
Sense 1
suspense
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> fear, fearfulness, fright
=> emotion
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
suspense
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
=> cognitive state, state of mind
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
suspense
=> anticipation, expectancy
=> expectation
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun suspense
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suspense
3 senses of suspense
Sense 1
suspense
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
Sense 2
suspense
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
Sense 3
suspense
=> anticipation, expectancy
Antonyms of noun suspense
Member Holonyms of noun suspense
Substance Holonyms of noun suspense
Part Holonyms of noun suspense
Member Meronyms of noun suspense
Substance Meronyms of noun suspense
Part Meronyms of noun suspense
Meronyms of noun suspense
Holonyms of noun suspense
Attributes of noun suspense
Derived Forms of noun suspense
Domain of noun suspense
Domain Terms of noun suspense
Familiarity of noun suspense
suspense used as a noun is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun suspense
3 senses of suspense
Sense 1
suspense
> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> trepidation
=> foreboding, premonition, presentiment, boding
=> suspense
=> gloom, gloominess, somberness, sombreness
=> chill, pall
Sense 2
suspense
> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
=> mental reservation, reservation, arriere pensee
=> misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion
=> incredulity, disbelief, skepticism, mental rejection
=> indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
=> peradventure
=> suspense
Sense 3
suspense
> anticipation, expectancy
=> suspense
=> fever
=> hope
Meronyms of noun suspense
3 senses of suspense
Sense 1
suspense
=> apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
=> fear, fearfulness, fright
HAS PART: cold sweat
Holonyms of noun suspense
Grep of noun suspense
suspense
suspense account
Grep of adj suspense
in suspense
suspenseful
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