The Meaning of suspect

• (a.) Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
• (a.) Suspected; distrusted.
• (a.) Suspicion.
• (a.) One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
• (v. t.) To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; -- commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
• (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
• (v. t.) To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
• (v. t.) To look up to; to respect.
• (v. i.) To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.

Synonyms

defendant , surmise , distrust , mistrust , fishy , funny , shady , suspicious

Antonyms

plaintiff , trust , trust

Rhymes

affect , aftereffect , albrecht , architect , aspect , becht , bedecked , brecht , checked , circumspect , collect , confect , connect , correct , decked , defect , deflect , deject , deregt , detect , dialect , direct , disaffect , disconnect , disinfect , disrespect , dissect , effect , eject , elect , erect , expect , fecht , hecht , henpecked , incorrect , indirect , infect , inject , insect , inspect , intellect , interconnect , interject , intersect , introspect , knecht , misdirect , necked , neglect , nondirect , object , overprotect , pecht , perfect , prefect , project , protect , rechecked , recht , recollect , reconnect , redirect , reflect , reinspect , reject , respect , resurrect , retrospect , schlecht , sect , select , specht , subject , teleconnect , trekked , unchecked , wecht , whelked , wrecked