as in suspended
to bring to a formal close for a period of time
the legislative session was prorogued for the summer
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prorogued
Verb
-
The department suspended the operating license for the facility on May 30 and is continuing with a follow-up evaluation, officials said.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
15 June 2026 -
All non-commercial visitor passes have been suspended until further notice to allow the installation to focus entirely on emergency response operations.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
15 June 2026
Verb
-
Life in prison without parole Lawhead’s arraignment had been postponed twice before, so he was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday morning in Placer Superior Court.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
16 June 2026
-
And what that means is that festering problems are postponed.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
16 June 2026
Verb
-
Lamont declined to answer questions not related to his utility proposals and instead adjourned the campaign event to a separate one outside his Capitol office.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
20 June 2026
-
Here's a look at what happened to the Perry Mason cast, 60 years after the television courtroom was adjourned.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
16 June 2026
Verb
-
As host Jimmy Kimmel delivered his final monologue before taking his annual summer break he was interrupted by a delivery driver bearing a giant wooden horse and a slightly small horse.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2026
-
Ospreay got descriptive about his post-wedding activities before Swerve Strickland interrupted him.—
Rob Wolkenbrod,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Prorogued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prorogued. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
