suspect

noun

A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

verb

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

(transitive) To believe (someone) to be guilty.

(transitive) To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

(intransitive) To have suspicion.

(transitive, obsolete) To look up to; to respect.

adjective

Viewed with suspicion; suspected.

(nonstandard) Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Roots

subsus- · Latin · under, below specio-spect · Latin · look, see

Synonyms for suspect

suspiciousadj surmisev misgivev suspicionn distrustn mistrustn defendantn misdoubt doubtn presurmisev believev presumev guessv thinkv supposev questionedv doubtfuladj doubtableadj dubitableadj

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