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suspect
1. someone who is under suspicion (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
• Hyponyms:
murder suspect, rape suspect, robbery suspect
2. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law;
the person being sued or accused
• Syn:
defendant
• Ant:
plaintiff (for: defendant)
• Derivationally related forms:
defend (for: defendant)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
litigant, litigator
• Hyponyms:
accused, codefendant, co-defendant
1. imagine to be the case or true or probable (Freq. 6)
- I suspect he is a fugitive
- I surmised that the butler did it
• Syn:
surmise
• Derivationally related forms:
surmise (for: surmise), suspicion
• Hypernyms:
guess, venture, pretend, hazard
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. regard as untrustworthy;
regard with suspicion;
have no faith or confidence in (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
distrust, mistrust
• Ant:
trust (for: mistrust), trust (for: distrust)
• Derivationally related forms:
suspicion, mistrust (for: mistrust), distrust (for: distrust)
• Hypernyms:
disbelieve, discredit
• Hyponyms:
doubt
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
3. hold in suspicion;
believe to be guilty (Freq. 1)
- The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
• Derivationally related forms:
suspicion
• Hypernyms:
think, opine, suppose, imagine, reckon, guess
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They suspect him to write the letter
not as expected (Freq. 2)
- there was something fishy about the accident
- up to some funny business
- some definitely queer goings-on
- a shady deal
- her motives were suspect
- suspicious behavior
• Syn:
fishy, funny, shady, suspicious
• Similar to:
questionable
• Derivationally related forms:
suspiciousness (for: suspicious)
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
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