Standard Lemma guide

suspender

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /səˈspɛndɚ/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /səˈspɛndə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɛndə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 S P EH1 N D ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Something or someone who suspends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

An item of apparel consisting of a strap worn over the shoulder and used to hold up trousers.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: braces

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An item of apparel used to hold up a sock or (now especially) a stocking, such as a garter, or each of the fastening-straps attached to a corset or suspender belt.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brace, gallus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: man's clothing

History

Etymology

From suspend + -er.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: ophouder — something or someone who suspends
  • Finnish: kannatin — something or someone who suspends
  • Finnish: kannattelija — something or someone who suspends
  • Italian: spallina — something or someone who suspends
  • Russian: подве́ска (podvéska) — something or someone who suspends
  • Russian: подвя́зка (podvjázka) — something or someone who suspends
  • Russian: по́мочи (pómoči) — something or someone who suspends
  • Afrikaans: kruisbande — an item used hold up trousers
  • Albanian: tiranta — an item used hold up trousers
  • Arabic: حَمَّالَة بَنْطَال (ḥammālat banṭāl) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Azerbaijani: aşırma — an item used hold up trousers
  • Belarusian: шле́йкі (šljéjki) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Belarusian: падця́жкі (padcjážki) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Bulgarian: тира́нти (tiránti) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Catalan: elàstics — an item used hold up trousers
  • Catalan: tirants — an item used hold up trousers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 吊帶 /吊带 (diàodài) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Chinese Mandarin: 背帶 /背带 (bēidài) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Czech: kšandy — an item used hold up trousers
  • Czech: šle — an item used hold up trousers
  • Danish: seler — an item used hold up trousers
  • Dutch: bretels — an item used hold up trousers
  • Esperanto: ŝelko — an item used hold up trousers
  • Estonian: traksid — an item used hold up trousers
  • Estonian: püksitraksid — an item used hold up trousers
  • Faroese: seli — an item used hold up trousers
  • Faroese: selar — an item used hold up trousers
  • Finnish: henkselit — an item used hold up trousers
  • Finnish: housunkannattimet — an item used hold up trousers
  • Finnish: olkaimet — an item used hold up trousers
  • French: bretelles — an item used hold up trousers
  • Galician: tirantes — an item used hold up trousers
  • Georgian: აჭიმი (ač̣imi) — an item used hold up trousers
  • German: Hosenträger — an item used hold up trousers
  • Greek: τιράντες (tirántes) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Hungarian: nadrágtartó — an item used hold up trousers
  • Icelandic: axlabönd — an item used hold up trousers
  • Ido: breteli — an item used hold up trousers
  • Ido: bretel-paro — an item used hold up trousers
  • Italian: bretelle — an item used hold up trousers
  • Japanese: サスペンダー (sasupendā) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Korean: 멜빵 (melppang) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Latvian: bikšturi — an item used hold up trousers
  • Lithuanian: petnešos — an item used hold up trousers
  • Macedonian: трегери (tregeri) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Māori: perehi — an item used hold up trousers
  • Mongolian: мөрөвч (mörövč) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠷᠦᠪᠴᠢ (mörübči) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Norman: guélesses — an item used hold up trousers
  • Norwegian Bokmål: buksesele — an item used hold up trousers
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: buksesele — an item used hold up trousers
  • Persian: بند شلوار (band-e šalvâr) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Plautdietsch: Droagbaunt — an item used hold up trousers
  • Polish: szelka — an item used hold up trousers
  • Romanian: bretele — an item used hold up trousers
  • Russian: подтя́жки (podtjážki) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Serbo-Croatian: трегери — an item used hold up trousers
  • Serbo-Croatian: tregeri — an item used hold up trousers
  • Slovak: traky — an item used hold up trousers
  • Slovene: naramnice — an item used hold up trousers
  • Lower Sorbian: slě — an item used hold up trousers
  • Spanish: tirante — an item used hold up trousers
  • Spanish: suspensor — an item used hold up trousers
  • Spanish: cargadera — an item used hold up trousers
  • Spanish: hombrera — an item used hold up trousers
  • Spanish: bretel — an item used hold up trousers
  • Swedish: hängslen — an item used hold up trousers
  • Lower Tanana: tl'aɬtl'uɬ — an item used hold up trousers
  • Turkish: pantolon askısı — an item used hold up trousers
  • Ukrainian: шле́йки (šléjky) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Ukrainian: підтя́жки (pidtjážky) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Walloon: aburtale — an item used hold up trousers
  • Walloon: burtale — an item used hold up trousers
  • Welsh: bresys — an item used hold up trousers
  • Yiddish: שלייקעס (shleykes) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Yiddish: שעלקעס (shelkes) — an item used hold up trousers
  • Bulgarian: жартие́ри (žartiéri) — item used to hold up stocking
  • Czech: podvazek — item used to hold up stocking
  • Dutch: kousophouder — item used to hold up stocking
  • Dutch: jarretel — item used to hold up stocking
  • Finnish: sukkanauha — item used to hold up stocking
  • French: jarretelle — item used to hold up stocking
  • German: Strumpfbandhalter — item used to hold up stocking
  • Norwegian Bokmål: strømpeholder — item used to hold up stocking
  • Russian: по́яс (pójas) — item used to hold up stocking