| VERB | communication | suspect, surmise | imagine to be the case or true or probable |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | suspect, distrust, mistrust | regard as untrustworthy | |
| communication | suspect | hold in suspicion | |
| ADJECTIVE | all | suspect, fishy, funny, shady, suspicious | not as expected |
| NOUN | person | suspect | someone who is under suspicion |
| person | suspect, defendant | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law |
| Sounds | sahspeh'kt; sah'speh.kt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abject ... wrecked: 66 rhymes with ehkt... | |
| Meaning | not as expected. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "her motives were suspect" | |
| Synonyms | fishy, funny, shady, suspicious | |
| Broader | questionable | subject to question |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Spanish | dudoso, extraño, raro, sospechoso | |
| Catalan | dubtós, estrany, rar, sospitós | |
| Meaning | someone who is under suspicion. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | murder suspect | someone suspected of committing murder |
| rape suspect | someone who is suspected of committing rape | |
| robbery suspect | someone suspected of committing robbery | |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
| Spanish | sospechoso | |
| Catalan | sospitós | |
| Verbs | suspect | regard as untrustworthy |
| suspect | hold in suspicion | |
| Meaning | A person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused / accused. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | defendant | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | accused | A defendant in a criminal proceeding |
| codefendant, co-defendant | A defendant who has been joined together with one or more other defendants in a single action | |
| Broader | litigant, litigator | (law) a party to a lawsuit |
| Opposite | plaintiff, complainant | A person who brings an action in a court of law |
| Spanish | acusada, acusado, defendido, demandado, procesado, querellado | |
| Catalan | acusada, acusat, demandat | |
| Verbs | suspect | hold in suspicion |
| Meaning | imagine to be the case or true or probable. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "I suspect he is a fugitive" | |
| Synonym | surmise | |
| Broader | guess, venture, pretend, hazard | Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation |
| Spanish | figurarse, intuir, sospechar, suponer | |
| Catalan | afigurar-se, intuir, sospitar | |
| Nouns | suspicion | an impression that something might be the case |
| Meaning | regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | distrust, mistrust | |
| Narrower | doubt | lack confidence in or have doubts about |
| Broader | disbelieve, discredit | Reject as false |
| Opposite | trust | Have confidence or faith in |
| Spanish | desconfiar, intuir, recelar | |
| Catalan | desconfiar, intuir, malfiar-se, recelar | |
| Nouns | suspect | someone who is under suspicion |
| suspicion | doubt about someone's honesty | |
| Meaning | hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They suspect him to write the letter | |
| Example | "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks" | |
| Broader | think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess | Expect, believe, or suppose |
| Spanish | sospechar | |
| Catalan | sospitar | |
| Nouns | suspect | someone who is under suspicion |
| suspect | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law | |
| suspicion | the state of being suspected | |
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