Exact Match for "suspect"
- suspect⇄adj. open to or viewed with suspicion; suspected.
Ex. As for the aims and ideals of Marxism, there is one feature of them that is now rightly suspect (Edmund Wilson). - suspect⇄noun a person suspected of some offense, evil intention, or the like.
Ex. The police have arrested two suspects in connection with the bank robbery. - suspect⇄suspect verb, noun, adjective.
- suspect⇄v.i. to imagine something, especially some evil, to be possible or likely; be suspicious.
- suspect⇄v.t. 1. to think (something) likely; imagine to be so; surmise.
Ex. The old fox suspected danger and did not touch the trap. I suspect that some accident has delayed him. I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much (Charles Lamb).
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Starts With "suspect"
- suspectable⇄suspectable, adjective.
that may be suspected; open to suspicion. - suspected⇄suspected, adjective.
1. that one suspects to be such; possible; likely.
Ex. The medical aid to expectant mothers is intended to avert premature births, a suspected cause of mental retardation (Wall Street Journal).
2. regarded with sus - suspectful⇄suspectful, adjective.
(Obsolete.)
1. inclined to suspect.
2. causing suspicion.
Broader Match for "suspect"
- unsuspected⇄adv. unsuspectedly.
- unsuspected⇄unsuspected, adjective.
1. not suspected; clear of or not under suspicion.
Ex. an imperious old dame, not unsuspected of witchcraft (Hawthorne).
2. not thought of; not imagined to exist.
Ex. an unsuspected danger.
3. not su - unsuspecting⇄adv. unsuspectingly.
- unsuspecting⇄noun unsuspectingness.
- unsuspecting⇄unsuspecting, adjective.
not suspecting; having no suspicion; unsuspicious.
Ex. the unsuspecting victim.
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