suspicion

noun

1. an impression that something might be the case

Similar word(s): hunch, intuition

Definition categories: thought, belief, feeling, impression, notion, opinion

2. doubt about someone's honesty

Similar word(s): distrust, misgiving, mistrust

Definition categories: thought, doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

3. the state of being suspected

- he tried to shield me from suspicion

Definition categories: state, antagonism, enmity, hostility

4. being of a suspicious nature

- his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage

Similar word(s): suspiciousness

Definition categories: attribute, distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust

verb

1. (nonstandard, dialect) To suspect; to have suspicions.