Synonyms for suspect

Other words for “suspect”, grouped by meaning.

We found 9 synonyms for “suspect”. The most common are defendant, surmise, distrust, mistrust, fishy.

noun a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused

verb imagine to be the case or true or probable

Synonymssurmise

verb regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in

adjective not as expected

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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