suspect

Definitions

1. 1adjective

   Suspicious; inspiring distrust.

2. 2adjective

   Suspected; distrusted.

3. 3adjective

   Suspicion.

4. 4adjective

   One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.

5. 5transitive verb

   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.

6. 6transitive verb

   To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.

7. 7transitive verb

   To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.

8. 8transitive verb

   To look up to; to respect.

9. 9intransitive verb

   To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

10. 10noun

    a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

    Synonyms

    defendant
11. 11noun

    someone who is under suspicion

12. 12verb

    regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

    Synonyms

    distrustmistrust
13. 13verb

    imagine to be the case or true or probable

    "I suspect he is a fugitive"

    "I surmised that the butler did it"

    Synonyms

    surmise
14. 14verb

    hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty

    "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"

15. 15adjective

    not as expected

    "there was something fishy about the accident"

    "up to some funny business"

    Synonyms

    fishyfunnyshadysuspicious