Suspended animation
Suspended animation noun - A state of temporary inactivity.
Usage example: the husband's feeling that their love life was in suspended animation while his wife lavished all her attention on the new baby
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Synonyms for Suspended animation
Sleep and suspended animation are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sleep" instead a noun phrase "Suspended animation".
Sleep
Sleep noun - A natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself.
Suspended animation and sleep are semantically related. You can use "Suspended animation" instead a noun "Sleep".
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Related pairs
- dream and suspended animation
- dream and sleep
- rest and suspended animation
- rest and sleep
- repose and suspended animation
- repose and sleep
- coma and suspended animation
- coma and sleep
- quiescence and suspended animation
- quiescence and sleep
- slumber and suspended animation
- slumber and sleep
- dullness and suspended animation
- dullness and sleep
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Sleep and Suspended animation. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/suspended_animation/sleep
Suspended animation & Sleep. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/suspended_animation/sleep>.
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