Synonyms for suspect
səˈspɛkt; ˈsʌs pɛkt; ˈsʌs pɛkt, səˈspɛktsus·pect

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1. suspectverb

   To imagine or suppose (something) to be true without evidence.

   Round up the usual suspects. Casablanca

   Synonyms:
   fishy, suspicious, dodgy, dubious, doubtful

2. suspectverb

   To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

   I suspect him of lying.

   Synonyms:
   distrust, doubt

3. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   imagine, suppose, think

4. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   accuse, point the finger at

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1. suspectverb

   To doubt is to lack conviction. Incompleteness of evidence may compel one to doubt, or some perverse bias of mind may incline him to. Distrust may express simply a lack of confidence; as, I distrust my own judgment; or it may be nearly equivalent to suspect; as, I distrusted that man from the start. Mistrust and suspect imply that one is almost assured of positive evil; one may distrust himself or others; he suspects others. Mistrust is now rarely, if ever, used of persons, but only of motives, intentions, etc. Distrust is always serious; mistrust is often used playfully. Compare SUPPOSE. Compare synonyms for DOUBT, n.

   Synonyms:
   distrust, doubt, doubt, mistrust, surmise

   Antonyms:
   believe, confide in, depend on, depend upon, rely on, rely upon, trust

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1. suspect

   Synonyms:
   imagine, surmise, guess, conjecture, augur, doubt, mistrust, distrust

   Antonyms:
   disbelieve, discredit, trust, confide, credit, accredit

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1. suspectnoun

   someone who is under suspicion

   Synonyms:
   defendant

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

2. defendant, suspectadjective

   a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

   Synonyms:
   defendant

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

3. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousverb

   not as expected

   "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

   Synonyms:
   fly-by-night, shady, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, suspicious, leery, funny, mirthful, risible, fishy, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, rummy, curious

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

4. suspect, surmiseverb

   imagine to be the case or true or probable

   "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"

   Synonyms:
   surmise, distrust, mistrust

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

5. distrust, mistrust, suspectverb

   regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

   Synonyms:
   surmise, distrust, mistrust

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

6. suspectverb

   hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty

   "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

   Synonyms:
   surmise, distrust, mistrust

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

Matched Categories

1. • Disbelieve
   • Guess
   • Person
   • Suppose

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1. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   surmise, imagine, fancy, believe, conjecture, guess, suppose, think

2. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   distrust, mistrust, doubt, have no confidence in

3. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   believe to be guilty

4. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   be suspicious, have suspicion

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1. suspectverb

   Synonyms:
   mistrust, distrust, doubt, conjecture, surmise

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1. List of paraphrases for "suspect":

   suspicious, suspected, unsub, suspects, suspicion, accused, dubious, perp, questionable, accuser, doubtful

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1. Donald Trump:

   The top people in the United States government who ought to know, including National Intelligence Dan Coats, they don't know. vladimir Putin knows but National Intelligence Dan Coats doesn't know -- National Intelligence Dan Coats is wrong, especially given the highly suspect relationship between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

2. Van Nijnatten:

   We are doing this because so much is happening at the moment, there is no lack of confidence. Nike is not a suspect. Investigating this is a matter of professionalism.

3. Chris Smith:

   His condition has not improved since ; he has not regained consciousness, his wife, Yevgenia, said in an e-mail to RFE/RL and other media outlets. Kara-Murza’s father, a prominent journalist, told Russian media Thursday that the situation appears to be more serious than we thought. His lungs are being artificially ventilated, he is connected to 10 devices. Related ImageExpand / ContractKara-Murza,( l.), is an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as was his ally, Boris Nemtsov,( r.). , who was gunned down near the Kremlin in February. ( Reuters) Kara-Murza's father is a journalist with RFE/RL’s Russian Service. The activist's family was stopped short of raising public questions about whether foul play was involved. There is no criminal case so far, none has been opened because he is simply a normal patient who arrived at a Moscow hospital by ambulance. That’s his status, nothing more, his father told a radio station. Our task right now is to bring him to a normal trajectory of recuperation. We ’ll establish the cause [ of the illness ] later. Open Russia was founded by Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an oil oligarch and Kremlin opponent who lives in Switzerland after Mikhail Khodorkovsky was pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013 following 10 years in prison. Open Russia's new documentary accuses Kadyrov, a former rebel fighter who joined forces with the Kremlin in 2000, of participating in murders and torture in the North Caucasus republic. Related ImageExpand / ContractChechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was accused of torture and murder in the new documentary. ( Reuters) Both the Kremlin and Kadyrov have denied involvement in the killing of Boris Nemtsov, although Kadyrov praised the main suspect in the case, a former Chechen police officer, as a.

4. Virginia Beach Police:

   Many times when we talk about an officer-involved shooting situation it may be minimal rounds by the suspect and by the police officers. This was well beyond that.

5. Charles Krauthammer:

   I suspect from what they tell us this is an ISIS base, an ISIS tunnel, which tells you, number one that ISIS is more entrenched than we would have thought – you have this notion of ISIS being sort of a band of jihadists just running around, but this is pretty entrenched.