Synonyms of suspecting

suspecting 1 of 2

adjective

as in suspicious

inclined to doubt or question claims

suspecting dieters probably wouldn't fall for a weight-loss plan that claims you can eat as much as you want

Synonyms & Similar Words

• suspicious
• skeptical
• doubting
• cautious
• questioning
• careful
• wary
• disbelieving
• incredulous
• unbelieving
• distrustful
• paranoid
• mistrustful
• show-me
• curious
• cynical
• negativistic
• unsure
• experienced
• leery
• watchful
• puzzled
• guarded
• knowing
• critical
• hesitant
• unconvinced
• quizzical
• inquisitive
• uncertain
• inquiring
• worldly
• undecided
• nosy
• undetermined
• sophisticated
• gun-shy
• worldly-wise
• snoopy
• unsettled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trusting
• sure
• gullible
• certain
• credulous
• trustful
• unknowing
• unquestioning
• uncritical
• naive
• innocent
• green
• confident
• positive
• unsophisticated
• ingenuous
• simple
• unworldly
• simpleminded
• inexperienced
• wide-eyed
• impractical
• callow
• raw
• idealistic
• childlike
• deceived
• careless
• unsuspecting
• heedless
• unsuspicious
• unwary
• tricked
• duped
• gulled
• beguiled

suspecting

2 of 2

verb

present participle of suspect

1

as in guessing

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

• guessing
• assuming
• supposing
• presuming
• thinking
• speculating
• imagining
• surmising
• conjecturing
• believing
• inferring
• suspicioning
• deducing
• expecting
• daresaying
• concluding
• hypothesizing
• theorizing
• gathering
• judging
• conceiving
• hypothecating
• reckoning
• taking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• establishing
• proving
• demonstrating
• documenting
• determining
• ascertaining
• validating
• learning
• substantiating
• finding out

2

as in doubting

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

• doubting
• questioning
• mistrusting
• distrusting
• misdoubting
• disbelieving
• discounting
• negating
• discrediting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trusting
• depending (on or upon)
• relying (on or upon)
• counting (on or upon)
• banking (on or upon)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of suspecting

Verb

Prosecutors argued that Chow acted out of anger after wrongly suspecting Cyrus of stealing the water, according to the AP. —Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026

On May 28, 2023, Chow and his son, Andy Chow, pursued Cormack-Belton out of their Columbia, South Carolina, convenience store after suspecting him of shoplifting. —Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 2 June 2026

Three people suspecting in a series of pickpocket crimes in San Francisco's Chinatown were arrested over the weekend after a weeks-long investigation, police said Tuesday. —Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 19 May 2026

Non-human identities already outnumber humans by roughly 50 to 1 in the average enterprise, with over two-thirds of enterprises suspecting that AI agents have accessed unauthorized data. —Anjana Susarla, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

But wouldn’t unwarrantedly suspecting a partner, or a father, of such heinous crimes in fact be its own kind of monstrousness? —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 15 May 2026

Surely seventh graders are capable of understanding that people need to get along with one another, rather than living in a constant state of alarm, suspecting that others mean us harm. —Judith Martin, Dallas Morning News, 30 Mar. 2026

Surely seventh-graders are capable of understanding that people need to get along with one another, rather than living in a constant state of alarm, suspecting that others mean us harm. —Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026

That’s partly because girls are less frequently diagnosed with ADHD than boys are, so many adult women live their whole life with the disorder without ever suspecting it. —Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 25 Feb. 2026