a. | 1. | Suspicious; inspiring distrust. |
2. | Suspected; distrusted. | |
n. | 1. | Suspicion. |
2. | One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; - formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime. | |
v. t. | 1. | To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; - commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; |
2. | To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; | |
3. | To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; | |
4. | To look up to; to respect. | |
v. i. | 1. | To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious. |
Noun | 1. | suspect - someone who is under suspicion |
2. | suspect - a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused Synonyms: defendant | |
Verb | 1. | suspect - imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it" Synonyms: surmise |
2. | suspect - regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in | |
3. | suspect - hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" | |
Adj. | 1. | suspect - not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior" |