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

Peskov has referred all questions to Rospotrebnadzor, which does not mention suspected plague in its reports. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, the surveillance system creates an evidence trail that her office can use to prosecute suspected criminals. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

The explosion targeting Ranucci occurred on the eighth anniversary of the car bomb slaying of Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who wrote extensively about suspected corruption in political and business circles. — CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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

Verb

British prosecutors charged two British nationals under the National Security Act in relation to the incident outside RAF Fairford airbase, with police saying the two were suspected of assisting Iran. — Natasha Bertrand, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026

Alcohol is suspected as a contributing factor, pending an autopsy by the Stanislaus County Coroner's Office. — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 10 Nov. 2026

Sheriff’s investigators arrested two Bay Area residents suspected of burglarizing the home of a Nevada County 77-year-old man who died in October with no surviving family and no will, which eventually led to the criminal investigation. — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026

In October, a man suspected of draft evasion opened fire at a recruitment centre in Kyiv, injuring three police officers and three military personnel. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 10 Nov. 2026

Matolcsy was one of Orbán’s closest economic allies, and is suspected of misusing funds through a foundation set up in 2014 that was endowed with some $818 million in public assets. — Justin Spike, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

The physicist suspected that one function and one number might suffice to construct all 36 functions and quantities. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2026

Macura is suspected of trying to take millions of dollars out of the bank's vault and faces charges of abuse of office, according to prosecutors. — ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026

For months, Republicans have suspected that the second Dan Sullivan’s Senate bid was designed to confuse voters as part of a broader scheme allegedly plotted by the Democratic Party to boost Peltola’s chances. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2026