suspect
adjective
1. strange or unusual; inspiring doubt.
- her motives were suspect
- suspicious behavior
Similar word(s): questionable, fishy, funny, shady, suspicious
noun
1. someone who is under suspicion
Definition categories: person, individual, mortal, somebody, someone, soul
2. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Similar word(s): defendant
Definition categories: person, litigant, litigator
Sentences with suspect as a noun:
- Round up the usual suspects. — Casablanca
verb
1. imagine to be the case or true or probable
- I suspect he is a fugitive
Similar word(s): surmise
Definition categories: communication, guess, hazard, pretend, venture
2. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
Similar word(s): distrust, mistrust
Definition categories: cognition, disbelieve, discredit
3. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
- The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Definition categories: communication, guess, imagine, opine, reckon, suppose, think
Sentences with suspect as a verb:
- to suspect the presence of disease
- I suspect him of being the thief.