suspect

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect Synonyms of suspect debatable, disputable, dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic (also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, doubtful, suspiciousWords Related to suspect alleged, so-called, supposed; moot; ambiguous, open, unclear; uncertain, undecided, undetermined; far-fetched, flimsy, improbable, unlikely, weakNear Antonyms of suspect decisive, definitive; clear, obvious, open-and-shut, positiveAntonyms of suspect certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable

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, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, guess, suspicion [chiefly dialect]Words Related to suspect conclude, deduce, gather, infer; hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize; believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [chiefly dialect], take, thinkNear 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 sister's, since I probably would have heard about him Synonyms of suspect doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, distrustWords Related to suspect disbelieve, discount, discredit, negateNear Antonyms of suspect bank (on or upon), count (on or upon), depend (on or upon), rely (on or upon)Antonyms of suspect trust