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suspect

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of suspect

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

  • since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the storeʼs detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect
Synonyms of suspect

debatable, disputable, dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic (also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, suspicious
Words Related to suspect

alleged, so-called, supposed

moot

ambiguous, open, unclear

uncertain, undecided, undetermined

far-fetched, flimsy, improbable, unlikely, weak
Near Antonyms of suspect

decisive, definitive

clear, obvious, open-and-shut, positive
Antonyms of suspect

certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable

suspect

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of suspect

1 to form an opinion from little or no evidence

  • we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be—more like 13
Synonyms of suspect

assume, conjecture, daresay, guess, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspicion [chiefly dialect]
Words Related to suspect

conclude, deduce, gather, infer

hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize

believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], take, think
Near Antonyms of suspect

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validate

ascertain, determine, find out, learn

2 to have no trust or confidence in

  • I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sisterʼs, since I probably would have heard about him
Synonyms of suspect

distrust, doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question
Words Related to suspect

disbelieve, discount, discredit, negate
Near Antonyms of suspect

bank (on or upon), count (on or upon), depend (on or upon), rely (on or upon)
Antonyms of suspect

trust

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