Suspect

Definition:

  • (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
  • (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
  • (a.) Suspicion.
  • (a.) 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.) 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; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
  • (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
  • (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
  • (v. t.) To look up to; to respect.
  • (v. i.) To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Compare suspect with other words:

respondent vs. suspect

skeptical vs. suspect

check vs. suspect

dout vs. suspect

maintain vs. suspect

sceptical vs. suspect

analyze vs. suspect

accomplice vs. suspect

charge vs. suspect

defendant vs. suspect

mobile vs. suspect

guess vs. suspect

criminal vs. suspect

suspect vs. victim

expect vs. suspect

perpetrator vs. suspect

misgive vs. suspect

comfit vs. suspect

booking vs. suspect

circumspect vs. suspect

speculate vs. suspect

question vs. suspect

doubting vs. suspect

indict vs. suspect

chatter vs. suspect

extradition vs. suspect

interview vs. suspect

suspect vs. suspicious

fishy vs. suspect

dubious vs. suspect

doubtful vs. suspect

dodgy vs. suspect

suspect vs. suspected

crime vs. suspect

commit vs. suspect

accuse vs. suspect

suspect vs. think

respect vs. suspect

guilty vs. suspect

believe vs. suspect

distrust vs. suspect

proof vs. suspect

exist vs. suspect

suspect vs. true

suppose vs. suspect

imagine vs. suspect

suspect vs. suspicion

equivocal vs. suspect

smelly vs. suspect

plaintiff vs. suspect

doubt vs. suspect