- suspense - apprehension about what is going to happen
--1 is a kind of apprehension, apprehensiveness, dread
- suspense - an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"
--2 is a kind of doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
- suspense - excited anticipation of an approaching climax; "the play kept the audience in suspense"
--3 is a kind of anticipation, expectancy
- suspense - an uncertain cognitive state; "the matter remained in suspense for several years"