suspire

Other forms of suspire

past tense

suspired·

present participle

suspiring·

third person

suspires·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about suspire

What does suspire mean?

suspire means "heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in suspire?

suspire has 2 syllables: su-spire. The stress falls on "spire".

What is another word for suspire?

Close synonyms include sigh, breathe, take a breath, respire. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is suspire a common word?

suspire is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.