Synonyms of suspended animation

suspended animation

noun

as in suspension

a state of temporary inactivity

the husband's feeling that their love life was in suspended animation while his wife lavished all her attention on the new baby

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suspension
• suspense
• cold storage
• coma
• moratorium
• deep freeze
• holding pattern
• abeyance
• recession
• latency
• quiescence
• dormancy
• rest
• recess
• inertia
• inaction
• doldrums
• standstill
• sleep
• slumber
• hypnosis
• impasse
• inertness
• hibernation
• motionlessness
• remission
• downtime
• layoff
• torpor
• repose
• idleness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• continuation
• continuance
• renewal
• resuscitation
• resumption
• recommencement

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suspended animation

Where were the flying cars, suspended animation, immortality drugs, androids, and colonies on Mars? — Literary Hub, 12 Nov. 2025

Tessier, meanwhile, focuses exclusively on applying the science of hibernation and suspended animation to organs that are being held for transplantation, to prevent them from being injured in the process. — Deborah Balthazar, STAT, 22 July 2024

One solution long championed by science fiction is suspended animation, or putting humans in a hibernation-like sleep for the duration of travel time. — CNN, 28 Dec. 2020