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Synonyms for suspicion
səˈspɪʃ ənsus·pi·cion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suspicionnoun

    Doubt is a lack of conviction that may refer either to matters of belief or to matters of practise. As regards belief, while doubt is lack of conviction, disbelief is conviction, to the contrary; unbelief refers to a settled state of mind, generally accompanied with opposition of heart. Perplexity is active and painful; doubt may be quiescent. Perplexity presses toward a solution; doubt may be content to linger unresolved. Any improbable statement awakens incredulity. In theological usage unbelief and skepticism have a condemnatory force, as implying wilful rejection of manifest truth. As regards practical matters, uncertainty applies to the unknown or undecided; doubt implies some negative evidence. Suspense regards the future, and is eager and anxious; uncertainty may relate to any period, and be quite indifferent. Misgiving is ordinarily in regard to the outcome of something already done or decided; hesitation, indecision, and irresolution have reference to something that remains to be decided or done, and are due oftener to infirmity of will than to lack of knowledge. Distrust and suspicion apply especially to the motives, character, etc., of others, and are more decidedly adverse than doubt. Scruple relates to matters of conscience and duty.

    Synonyms:
    disbelief, distrust, doubt, doubt, hesitancy, hesitation, incredulity, indecision, irresolution, misgiving, perplexity, question, scruple, skepticism, suspense, unbelief, uncertainty

    Antonyms:
    assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, conviction, decision, determination, persuasion, resolution, resolve

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  1. suspicion

    Synonyms:
    distrust, misgiving, mistrust, jealousy

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. intuition, hunch, suspicionnoun

    an impression that something might be the case

    "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

    Synonyms:
    suspiciousness, intuition, hunch, distrust, mistrust, misgiving

  2. misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicionnoun

    doubt about someone's honesty

    Synonyms:
    apprehension, mistrust, misgiving, distrustfulness, suspiciousness, hunch, intuition, distrust, scruple, qualm

  3. suspicionnoun

    the state of being suspected

    "he tried to shield me from suspicion"

    Synonyms:
    suspiciousness, intuition, hunch, distrust, mistrust, misgiving

  4. suspicion, suspiciousnessnoun

    being of a suspicious nature

    "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"

    Synonyms:
    suspiciousness, intuition, hunch, distrust, mistrust, misgiving

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  1. fishy

    something just doesn't add.

    i'm not sure about the evidence put forward, i need some more background work done before any conclusions are made.

    Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suspicionnoun

    Synonyms:
    surmise, conjecture, supposition, guess

  2. suspicionnoun

    Synonyms:
    distrust, mistrust, doubt, misgiving, want of confidence

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suspicionnoun

    Synonyms:
    mistrust, misgiving, distrust, surmise, conjecture, supposition, suggestion, hint

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "suspicion":

    mistrust, distrust, suspect, suspected, doubt, hint, presumption

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How to use suspicion in a sentence?

  1. Howard Simon:

    After nearly four years of litigation, this ugly attack on poor Floridians has finally come to an end, this law was always about scoring political points on the backs of Florida's poor and treating them like suspected criminals without suspicion or evidence.

  2. Gaius Julius Caesar:

    Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

  3. Bill Bradley:

    I better understand distrust and suspicion. I understand the meaning of certain looks and certain codes. I understand what it is to be in racial situations for which you have no frame of reference, i understand the tension of always being on guard, of never totally relaxing.

  4. Jesse Ang:

    But the suspicion has gone a bit overboard.

  5. Andrew Chesnut:

    They are ideal killers; young, beautiful and reckless, by keeping a low profile they avoid suspicion where men doing the same job would quickly find themselves in trouble.


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