Suspicion meaning

What does “suspicion” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“suspicion” is a noun with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: an impression that something might be the case.

suspicion

an impression that something might be the case
“he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”
Synonymsintuition hunch
doubt about someone's honesty
Synonymsmisgiving mistrust distrust
the state of being suspected
“he tried to shield me from suspicion”
being of a suspicious nature
“his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage”
Synonymssuspiciousness

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University