suspect

About 12.82 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To imagine or suppose (something) to be true, or to exist, without proof.

   to suspect the presence of disease

2. verb To distrust or have doubts about (something or someone).

   to suspect the truth of a story

3. verb To believe (someone) to be guilty.

   I suspect him of being the thief.

4. verb To have suspicion.
5. verb To look up to; to respect.
6. noun A person who is suspected of something, in particular of committing a crime.
7. adjective Viewed with suspicion; suspected.
8. adjective Viewing with suspicion; suspecting.

Similar words

suspicious mistrust questionable doubt distrust funny shady surmise accused defendant

Often followed by

that the it in a and to is you

Word family

suspected suspecting suspects