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Synonyms for pensile

  • adjective

Most common

hanging suspended pendulous pendent

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Hanging down, suspended.

Example sentences

  • hanging There was a photograph of Tom hanging on the wall.
  • suspended The train service was suspended by the earthquake.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pensilesteady
hangingrising
suspendedfalling
pendulousfalling
pendentfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
hanging2, pendent
9 letters
suspended3, pendulous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hanging2 = 2 syllables).