suspect

Meanings

Plural: suspects

Noun

• someone who is under suspicion
• a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
• A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.

Verb

• imagine to be the case or true or probable
  • "I suspect he is a fugitive"
• regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
• hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
  • "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
• To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.
• To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).
• To believe (someone) to be guilty.
• To have suspicion.
• To look up to; to respect.

Adjective Satellite

• not as expected
  • "her motives were suspect"

Adj

• Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
• Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Synonyms

accuse, defendant, distrust, dodgy, doubt, doubtful, dubious, fishy, funny, imagine, mistrust, point the finger at, shady, suppose, surmise, sus, suspicious, think

Antonyms

plaintiff, trust

Related Words

suspicion, suspicious

Anagrams of suspect