nnoun.personsomeone who is under suspicionDerivationally Related Form:suspect
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:suspectpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:suspectpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:murder suspectrape suspectrobbery suspect
Full Hyponyms:murder suspectrape suspectrobbery suspect
nnoun.persona person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accusedTopic:jurisprudencelaw
Synset:defendant
Antonyms:plaintiff
Derivationally Related Form:suspectdefend
Hypernyms:litigant litigator
Inherited Hypernyms:defendantlitigantpartypersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:defendantlitigantpartypersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:accusedco-defendantcodefendant
Full Hyponyms:accusedcodefendantcorespondentrespondent
vverb.communicationimagine to be the case or true or probableSynset:surmise
Examples:- I suspect he is a fugitive
- I surmised that the butler did it
Derivationally Related Form:surmisesuspicion
Hypernyms:guess hazard pretend venture
Inherited Hypernyms:suspectguessspeculatereasonthink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE
vverb.cognitionregard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence inSynset:distrust mistrust
Antonyms:trust
Derivationally Related Form:mistrustsuspectdistrustsuspicion
Hypernyms:disbelieve discredit
Inherited Hypernyms:distrustdisbelieverejectevaluatethink
Direct Hyponyms:doubt
Full Troponyms:doubt
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: mistrust, distrust)
vverb.communicationhold in suspicion; believe to be guiltyExamples:- The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Derivationally Related Form:suspectsuspicion
Hypernyms:guess imagine opine reckon suppose think
Inherited Hypernyms:suspectthinkexpectevaluatethink
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | They --- him to write the letter (apply to: suspect)
adj satadj.allnot as expectedDomain Usage:colloquialism
Synset:fishy funny shady suspicious
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:unquestionable
Derivationally Related Form:shadinesssuspiciousness
Inherited Hypernyms:fishy
Similar to:questionable