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Synonyms & Antonyms of suspecting
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
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- paranoid
- (also paranoidal)
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- credulous,
- gullible
- (also gullable),
- trustful,
- trusting,
- uncritical,
- unquestioning
suspecting
verbpresent participle of suspect
Synonyms & Antonyms of suspecting (Entry 2 of 2)
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 for suspecting
- assuming,
- conjecturing,
- daresaying,
- guessing,
- imagining,
- presuming,
- speculating,
- supposing,
- surmising,
- suspicioning
- [chiefly dialect]
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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
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