SUSPECT
/ˈsʌs.pɛkt/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 14
Definition
- adjective not as expected.
— synonyms: fishy, funny, shady, suspicious
- noun someone who is under suspicion.
- noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law.
— synonyms: defendant
- verb imagine to be the case or true or probable.
— synonyms: surmise
- verb regard as untrustworthy.
— synonyms: distrust, mistrust
- verb hold in suspicion.
Examples
- “to suspect the presence of disease”
- “to suspect the truth of a story”
- “I suspect him of being the thief.”
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