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| 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: | assume |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe, take for granted |
| Synonyms: | accept, ascertain, conclude, conjecture, consider, deduce, deem, divine, estimate, expect, fall for, fancy, find, gather, guess, imagine, infer, judge, postulate, predicate, presume, presuppose, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, theorize, think, understand, be afraid, be inclined to think, count upon, get the idea, have a hunch, have sneaking suspicion, hypothesize, posit |
| Notes: | assume means 'suppose to be the case, without proof; take for granted'; presume means 'suppose that something is the case on the basis of probability; take for granted that something exists or is the case' |
| Antonyms: | doubt, not believe |
| Main Entry: | believe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume or suppose |
| Synonyms: | conjecture, consider, credit, deem, expect, feel, gather, guess, hold, imagine, judge, maintain, postulate, presume, reckon, sense, speculate, suppose, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Main Entry: | conceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | understand |
| Synonyms: | accept, appreciate, apprehend, assume, believe, catch, compass, comprehend, deem, dig, envisage, expect, fancy, feel, follow, gather, get, grasp, imagine, judge, perceive, realize, reckon, suppose, suspect, take, twig |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand, not believe |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | expect |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe strongly; anticipate |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, assume, await, bargain for, calculate, conjecture, contemplate, count on, divine, envisage, feel, figure, forecast, foresee, gather, hope, imagine, look, predict, presume, presuppose, reckon, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, trust, understand, bargain on, be afraid, foreknow, hope for, in the cards, look ahead to, look for, look forward to, see coming, wait for, watch for |
| 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: | feel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | believe |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, conjecture, consider, credit, deduce, deem, esteem, gather, guess, hold, infer, judge, know, presume, sense, suppose, surmise, suspect, think, be convinced, be of the opinion, have a hunch, have the impression, intuit, repute |
| Antonyms: | disbelieve |
| Main Entry: | gather |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be led to believe; infer |
| Synonyms: | assume, conclude, deduce, draw, expect, find, hear, imagine, judge, learn, make, presume, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take, think, understand |
| Antonyms: | misunderstand |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imagine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | assume, deduce |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, believe, conjecture, deem, expect, fancy, gather, guess, infer, presume, realize, reckon, suppose, surmise, suspect, take it, think, understand, take for granted |
| Antonyms: | know |
| Main Entry: | mistrust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doubt |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, beware, challenge, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, fear, question, scruple, suspect, suspicion, be wary, have doubts |
| Antonyms: | believe, trust, be certain, have faith |
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