Term: suspect

suspect (noun) /ˈsʌs.pekt/

Similar to: accused; defendant; person of interest Definition: a person who is believed to have committed a crime or done something wrong. Translation: aizdomās turamais Examples: “The police have arrested a suspect in connection with the robbery.” “He is the prime suspect in the ongoing investigation.” “The witness was asked to identify the suspect from a lineup of five people.”

suspect (verb) /səˈspekt/

Similar to: distrust; doubt; surmise; guess; wonder Definition: to believe that something is true, likely, or happening, especially something bad, without having definite proof; or to have a feeling that someone is dishonest or guilty. Translation: itart, turēt aizdomās, pieļaut Examples: “The police suspect that the fire was started deliberately.” “I suspect he isn’t being entirely honest about where he was last night.” “She began to suspect a trap when the deal seemed too good to be true.”

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

suspect (adjective)

regarded or deserving to be regarded with - suspicion suspected investigates suspect employees

- doubtful questionable whose skills are suspect Peter Vecsey

suspect (noun)

one that is - suspected , especially a person suspected of a crime

suspect (verb)

transitive verb

to imagine (one) to be guilty or culpable on slight evidence or without proof - suspect him of giving false information

to have doubts of - distrust suspects her motives

intransitive verb

to imagine to exist or be true, likely, or probable - I suspect he's right to imagine something to be true or likely

Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus

suspect (adjective)

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

SYNONYMS:

debatable, disputable, dodgy, doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic ( problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious

RELATED WORDS:

alleged, so-called, supposed; moot; ambiguous, open, unclear; uncertain, undecided, undetermined; far-fetched, flimsy, improbable, unlikely, weak

NEAR ANTONYMS:

decisive, definitive; clear, obvious, open-and-shut, positive

certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable

suspect (verb)

to form an opinion from little or no evidence

SYNONYMS:

assume, conjecture, daresay, imagine, presume, speculate, suppose, surmise, suspect, suspicion

RELATED WORDS:

conclude, deduce, gather, infer; hypothecate, hypothesize, theorize; believe, conceive, expect, judge, reckon [], take, think

NEAR ANTONYMS:

demonstrate, document, establish, prove, substantiate, validate; ascertain, determine, find out, learn

suspect (verb)

to have no trust or confidence in

SYNONYMS:

doubt, misdoubt, mistrust, question, suspect

RELATED WORDS:

disbelieve, discount, discredit, negate

NEAR ANTONYMS:

bank (on upon), count (on upon), depend (on upon), rely (on upon)

trust

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