suspect
adjective/ˈsʌspekt/
/ˈsʌspekt/
Word Family
- suspect verb noun adjective
- suspected adjective
- suspicion noun
- suspicious adjective
- suspiciously adverb
- that may be false and that cannot be relied on synonym questionable
- Some of the evidence they produced was highly suspect.
- The theory is rendered suspect by its reliance on now discredited sources.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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- that you suspect to be dangerous or illegal synonym suspicious
- a suspect package (= one that may contain drugs, a bomb, etc.)
- a controlled explosion of a suspect device (= a bomb)
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- seem
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
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Word OriginMiddle English (originally as an adjective): from Latin suspectus ‘mistrusted’, past participle of suspicere, from sub- ‘from below’ + specere ‘to look’.
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