Online English Dictionary

Online English Dictionary

suspect

Definition

suspect [adj]

1. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

suspect [noun]

1. someone who is under suspicion

2. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

suspect [verb]

1. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

2. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

3. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

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Synonyms

noun
accused, defendant

verb
doubt, distrust, mistrust

surmise, infer, believe, conjecture, speculate, conclude, guess, presume

adj
suspicious, doubtful, dubious, questionable, debatable, unreliable, iffy, fishy, assumed, alleged, believed likely

Antonyms

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