Dictionary
Thesaurus
Reference
Translate
Web
suspect - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: suspect
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful
Synonyms: dubious, fishy*, incredible, open, problematic, pseudo*, questionable, ridiculous, shaky*, suspected, suspicious, thick*, thin*, unbelievable, uncertain, unclear, unlikely, unsure, doubtable
Antonyms: innocent, known, trusted, trustworthy
Main Entry: suspect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distrust; guess
Synonyms: assume, believe, conceive, conclude, conjecture, consider, disbelieve, doubt, expect, feel, gather, hold, imagine, mistrust, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, surmise, think, understand, wonder, be afraid, harbor suspicion, have a hunch, have doubt, have sneaking suspicion, hazard a guess, smell a rat, think probable
Antonyms: know, trust
Main Entry: alleged
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: asserted, often doubtful
Synonyms: declared, dubious, ostensible, pretended, professed, questionable, so-called, stated, supposed, suspect, suspicious, averred, described, purported
Antonyms: certain, definite, sure
Main Entry: beta
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: being tested
Synonyms: dubious, experimental, flaky, new, suspect, testing, mostly working, pre-release, unready
Main Entry: conjectural
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: speculative
Synonyms: academic, assumed, doubtful, guessing, hypothetical, putative, reputed, supposed, suspect, tentative, theoretical, uncertain, unresolved, figured, guesstimated, on a hunch, on a long shot, suppositional, suppositious, suppositive, surmised, surmising
Antonyms: certain, factual, real, truthful, proven
Main Entry: conjecture
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speculate
Synonyms: assume, believe, conceive, conclude, deem, estimate, expect, fancy, feel*, figure, gather, glean, guess, imagine, infer, judge, presume, pretend, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, guesstimate, hazard a guess, hypothesize, take a shot, take a stab, take for granted
Antonyms: prove
Main Entry: controversial
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: at issue
Synonyms: arguable, argumentative, contentious, disputable, disputatious, doubtful, dubious, litigious, moot, questionable, suspect, uncertain, contended, contestable, controvertible, debateable, disputed, doubtable, dubitable, in dispute, open to discussion, open to question, polemical, under discussion
Antonyms: agreeable, incontrovertible, peaceful, undisputed, undoubted, unquestionable, uncontroversial
Main Entry: deem
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: regard, consider
Synonyms: account, allow, appraise, assume, believe, calculate, conceive, conjecture, credit, divine, esteem, estimate, expect, feel, guess, hold, imagine, judge, know, presume, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, understand, view, be afraid, daresay, set store by
Main Entry: defendant
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: accused
Synonyms: offender, prisoner, suspect, appellant, litigant
Main Entry: disbelieve
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: doubt
Synonyms: discount, discredit, distrust, eschew, mistrust, question, reject, repudiate, scorn, scout, suspect, give no credence to, not accept, not buy, not credit, not swallow, scoff at, unbelieve
Antonyms: believe, trust
Main Entry: distrust
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be suspicious, skeptical of
Synonyms: disbelieve, discredit, doubt, mistrust, question, suspect, be wary of, misbelieve, smell a rat, wonder about
Notes: to distrust is to suspect someone is dishonest; to mistrust is to merely lack confidence in someone
mistrust involves a withholding of confidence, whereas distrust involves a projection of lack of confidence or suspicion
Antonyms: believe, credit, trust, be confident
Main Entry: divine
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prophesy
Synonyms: anticipate, apprehend, conjecture, deduce, discern, forebode, foresee, foretell, guess, infer, perceive, predict, prognosticate, see, suppose, surmise, suspect, understand, visualize, forefeel, foreknow, go out on a limb, intuit, previse, see in the cards, take a shot, take a stab
Main Entry: doubt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lack confidence in; question
Synonyms: challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, mistrust, query, scruple, shilly-shally*, surmise, suspect, vacillate, waver, be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, misgive, not buy, read differently, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at
Antonyms: believe, rely, trust, be certain, not question
Main Entry: equivocal
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, uncertain
Synonyms: ambiguous, ambivalent, borderline, disreputable, dubious, evasive, fishy*, fuzzy*, hazy*, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, misleading, muddled, oblique, obscure, open, problematic, puzzling, questionable, suspect, suspicious, tenebrous, unclear, undecided, unintelligible, vague, amphibological, clear as mud, clouded, muzzy, unexplicit, with mixed feelings
Antonyms: certain, clear, definite, determined, obvious, plain, sure, unequivocal, unquestionable
Main Entry: estimate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: guess, try to value
Synonyms: account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, gauge, guess, judge, look into, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank, rate, reason, reckon, regard, scheme, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, tax, think, calculate roughly, form opinion, guesstimate, look upon, run over, set a figure, size up*, think through*
Main Entry: fear
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel alarm; be scared of
Synonyms: anticipate, apprehend, avoid, blanch, cower, crouch, dread, expect, falter, flinch, foresee, fret, quail, quaver, shrink, shudder, shun, shy, start, suspect, tremble, wilt, worry, be afraid, be anxious, be apprehensive, be disquieted, be frightened, be in awe, break out in a sweat, dare not, feel concern, have butterflies, have qualms, lose courage
Antonyms: brave
Main Entry: fishy
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, suspicious
Synonyms: ambiguous, dubious, equivocal, far-fetched, funny, implausible, improbable, odd, problematic, queer, questionable, shady, suspect, uncertain, unlikely, doubtable, dubitable
Antonyms: aboveboard, honest, likely, probable, real, truthful, unquestionable, unsuspicious
Main Entry: guess
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: try to figure out; imagine
Synonyms: believe, calculate, chance, conjecture, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, fancy*, fathom, hazard*, infer, judge, opine, penetrate, pick, postulate, predicate, predict, presume, pretend, reason, reckon, select, solve, speculate, suggest, suppose, surmise, survey, suspect, theorize, think, venture, work out*, dare say, go out on a limb, guesstimate, happen upon, hypothesize, jump to a conclusion, lump it, size up*, take a shot at, take a stab at, think likely
Antonyms: calculate, measure
Main Entry: hope
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: long for, dream about
Synonyms: anticipate, aspire, assume, await, believe, cherish, contemplate, count on, desire, expect, foresee, hold, pray, presume, rely, suppose, surmise, suspect, sweat*, trust, wish, be sure of, deem likely, depend on, feel confident, hang in, have faith, keep fingers crossed, knock on wood, look at sunny side, look forward to, promise oneself, sweat it, sweat it out, take heart, think to, watch for
Antonyms: despair, disbelieve, fear
Main Entry: hypothetical
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: guessed, assumed
Synonyms: academic, casual, conditional, conjectural, contingent, debatable, disputable, doubtful, equivocal, imaginary, imagined, indefinite, indeterminate, presumptive, pretending, problematic, putative, questionable, speculative, supposed, suspect, theoretical, uncertain, vague, assumptive, concocted, conjecturable, contestable, postulated, presupposed, provisory, refutable, stochastic, suppositional, suppositious, theoretic, unconfirmed
Antonyms: calculated, confirmed, factual, measured, proved, real, reliable, truthful, proven
Search another word or see suspect on Dictionary | Reference