Synonyms of suspected

suspected 1 of 2

adjective

as in alleged

Related Words

• alleged
• guessed
• presumed
• assumed
• surmised
• conjectured
• justifiable
• excusable
• vindicable
• warrantable
• defensible
• demonstrable
• well-founded
• certifiable
• verifiable
• documentable
• provable
• empirical
• checkable
• confirmable
• sustainable
• supportable

Dissimilar Words

• unsustainable
• unverifiable
• unprovable
• unsupportable
• insupportable
• debatable
• indemonstrable
• disputable
• refutable
• disprovable

suspected

2 of 2

verb

past tense of suspect

1

as in guessed

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 & Similar Words

• guessed
• assumed
• presumed
• supposed
• thought
• speculated
• surmised
• imagined
• believed
• suspicioned
• conjectured
• inferred
• deduced
• daresaid
• concluded
• expected
• hypothesized
• theorized
• gathered
• conceived
• reckoned
• judged
• hypothecated
• took

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• established
• proved
• demonstrated
• documented
• determined
• learned
• ascertained
• validated
• substantiated
• found out

2

as in doubted

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 & Similar Words

• doubted
• questioned
• distrusted
• mistrusted
• misdoubted
• disbelieved
• discounted
• discredited
• negated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trusted
• relied (on or upon)
• counted (on or upon)
• depended (on or upon)
• banked (on or upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suspected

Adjective

In Thembisa, a suburb of Johannesburg, rioters reportedly threw stones at police and suspected migrants, with witnesses saying sporadic gunfire was heard. — Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026

During the voyage, according to the DOJ, crew members discovered numerous packages hidden inside the ship’s garbage room that contained suspected narcotics. — City News Service, Daily News, 23 May 2026

The case has become one of the most emblematic examples cited by rights organizations accusing Venezuela’s security apparatus of using arbitrary detention, incommunicado imprisonment and forced disappearances against dissidents and suspected opponents. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 18 May 2026

Six cases have been confirmed as Andes strain hantavirus infections, while two remain suspected cases. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 9 May 2026

The scheme is designed to identify suspected criminals, combat identity fraud, and to police the EU's limit on 90-day stays within a 180-day period, according to the European Commission. — Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026

The suspected driver, 26-year-old Corey Daniels, is in the Arlington City Jail. — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026

Verb

Police said Poff is suspected of having additional victims who have not yet been identified, according to a Nampa news release. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Just days later, it's suspected that same young eagle was fatally hit by a train. — Jessica Guay, CBS News, 30 July 2026

In the past farmers have been suspected of deliberately poisoning elephants to prevent them from eating crops. — ABC News, 29 July 2026

In June, authorities received a call for an injured hiker, Lillian Rodriguez of Redlands, who is suspected to have been hit in the head by a large boulder, according to Gloria Orejel, spokesperson for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 29 July 2026

Pitera was a mob enforcer for the Bonanno crime family and was suspected of 60 murders prior to his 1992 incarceration. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 23 July 2026

Except none of it was true — and the real perpetrator behind the madness wasn’t who anyone suspected. — Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

An explosion in the tunnel, suspected to have been caused by methane trapped in or released from rocks, filled it with dense fumes and toxic gases, trapping 25 workers and officials of NHPC. — Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026

Partial artemisinin resistance has also been confirmed in Eritrea, Rwanda and Tanzania, and is further suspected in other countries. — Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026