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suspicion

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of suspicion

1 a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something

All his promises were received with well-deserved suspicion.

Synonyms of suspicion

distrust, distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrust, mistrustfulness, query, reservation, skepticism, uncertainty

Words Related to suspicion

disbelief, incredulity, unbelief

anxiety, concern, paranoia, wariness

compunction, qualm, scruple, tremor

Near Antonyms of suspicion

credence, faith

Antonyms of suspicion

assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, conviction, sureness, surety, trust

2 a very small amount

new parents who were alarmed by just a suspicion of a rash on their baby's chest

Synonyms of suspicion

ace, bit, crumb, dab, dram, driblet, glimmer, hint, lick, little, mite, nip, ounce, particle, peanuts, ray, scintilla, scruple, shade, shadow, shred, smack, smidgen (also smidgeon), snap, spark, spatter, speck, splash, spot, sprinkling, strain, streak, tad, touch, trace

Words Related to suspicion

hoot, iota, jot, minim, minimum, modicum, semblance, syllable, tittle, vestige, whit

atom, dot, fleck, flyspeck, grain, granule, molecule, morsel, mote, nubbin, patch, scrap

dash, drop, pinch

part, portion, section

bite, nibble, taste

handful, scattering, smatter, smattering

Phrases Synonymous with suspicion

drop in the bucket

Near Antonyms of suspicion

abundance, barrel, boatload, bucket, bundle, bushel, deal, fistful, gobs, heaps, loads, lot, mass, mess, mountain, much, oodles, passel, peck, pile, plenty, potful, profusion, quantity, raft, reams, scads, stack, wad, wealth

chunk, hunk, lump, slab

Synonym Discussion of suspicion

uncertainty, doubt, dubiety, skepticism, suspicion, mistrust mean lack of sureness about someone or something. uncertainty may range from a falling short of certainty to an almost complete lack of conviction or knowledge especially about an outcome or result.

- assumed the role of manager without hesitation or uncertainty

doubt suggests both uncertainty and inability to make a decision.

- plagued by doubts as to what to do

dubiety stresses a wavering between conclusions.

- felt some dubiety about its practicality

skepticism implies unwillingness to believe without conclusive evidence.

- an economic forecast greeted with skepticism

suspicion stresses lack of faith in the truth, reality, fairness, or reliability of something or someone.

- regarded the stranger with suspicion

mistrust implies a genuine doubt based upon suspicion.

- had a great mistrust of doctors

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