meaning of suspect
1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust.
2. Suspected; distrusted.
3. Suspicion.
4. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now, only to persons suspected of crime.
5. 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.
6. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
7. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story.
8. To look up to; to respect.
9. To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be suspicious.
10. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Related Words
suspect | suspectable | suspected | suspecter | suspectful | suspecting | suspection | suspectiousness | suspectless |
