suspect
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
someone who is under suspicion
Types & categories
- person hypernym
- murder suspect hyponym
- rape suspect hyponym
- robbery suspect hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
imagine to be the case or true or probable
I suspect he is a fugitive
Types & categories
- hazard hypernym
Related & opposite
- hunch derivation
- supposition derivation
Sense 3 adjective
not as expected
there was something fishy about the accident
Related & opposite
- suspiciousness derivation
- colloquialism domain usage
- questionable similar to
Sense 4 noun
a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Types & categories
- litigant hypernym
- accused hyponym
- codefendant hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
Types & categories
- disbelieve hypernym
- doubt hyponym
Related & opposite
- trust antonym
- distrustfulness derivation
- distrust derivation
- suspect derivation
Sense 6 verb
hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Types & categories
- guess hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | distrust |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | person |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | murder suspect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rape suspect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | robbery suspect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | hunch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | supposition |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hazard |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspiciousness |
| 3 | domain usage | Related & opposite | colloquialism |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | questionable |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | plaintiff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | defend |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | litigant |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | accused |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | codefendant |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | trust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | distrustfulness |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | distrust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | disbelieve |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | doubt |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | defendant |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspect |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | suspicion |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | guess |