Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suspense

3 senses of suspense

Sense 1
suspense -- (apprehension about what is going to happen)
       => apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread -- (fearful expectation or anticipation; "the student looked around the examination room with apprehension")

Sense 2
suspense -- (an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years")
       => doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness -- (the state of being unsure of something)

Sense 3
suspense -- (excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense")
       => anticipation, expectancy -- (an expectation)