suspect
verb
• have an idea or impression of the existence, presence, or truth of (something) without certain proof.
• "if you suspect a gas leak, do not turn on an electric light"
Similar:
have a suspicion,
have a feeling,
feel,
be inclined to think,
fancy,
reckon,
guess,
surmise,
conjecture,
think,
think it probable/likely,
have a sneaking feeling,
have a hunch,
be of the opinion,
suppose,
conclude,
expect,
presume,
consider,
deduce,
infer,
glean,
sense,
imagine,
be afraid,
fear,
have a foreboding,
opine,
• doubt the genuineness or truth of.
• "a broker whose honesty he had no reason to suspect"
Similar:
doubt,
distrust,
mistrust,
have doubts about,
harbour suspicions about,
have misgivings about,
be sceptical about,
have qualms about,
be suspicious of,
be wary of,
feel chary about,
feel uneasy about,
have a funny feeling about,
smell a rat about,
suspect
noun
• a person thought to be guilty of a crime or offence.
• "the police have arrested a suspect"
suspect
adjective
• not to be relied on or trusted; possibly dangerous or false.
• "a suspect package was found on the platform"
Similar:
suspicious,
dubious,
untrustworthy,
questionable,
doubtful,
odd,
queer,
potentially dangerous,
potentially false,
under suspicion,
not quite right,
fishy,
funny,
shady,
not kosher,
dodgy,
Origin:
Middle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
