suspect

Speech parts

1. suspect - Noun

2. suspect - Adjective

3. suspect - Verb

4. suspect - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Suspicion.

Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

Suspected; distrusted.

One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.

To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

To look up to; to respect.

To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

distrust doubt surmise suppose suspicious imagine mistrust fishy question think consider accused assume conclude conjecture
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Antonyms

bank known certain good true know
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Hypernyms

person individual think soul venture suppose

Hyponyms

accused doubt codefendant co-defendant rape suspect robbery suspect

Phrases with the word

suspect of begin to suspect

Derivatives

suspected suspecting

Anagrams

suscept

Examples

I'm a kind of a paranoiac in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy. J. D. Salinger

The old believe everything; the middle-aged suspect everything; the young know everything. Oscar Wilde

This Universe never did make sense; I suspect that it was built on government contract. Robert A. Heinlein

Lock your door rather than suspect your neighbor. Lebanese Proverb

Gossipers always suspect that others are talking about them. Yoruba Proverb

Consider the facts seven times before you suspect someone. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

susotori susotoxin susp suspect of suspectable suspected