suspect

¹sus·pect

adj \ˈsəs-ˌpekt, sə-ˈspekt\

Definition of SUSPECT

1

: regarded or deserving to be regarded with suspicion : suspected <investigates suspect employees>

2

: doubtful, questionable <whose skills are suspect — Peter Vecsey>

Examples of SUSPECT

1. The room had a suspect odor.
2. <since she was carrying no cash or credit cards, her claim to the store's detectives that she had intended to pay for the items was suspect>

Origin of SUSPECT

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin suspectus, from past participle of suspicere

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to SUSPECT

Synonyms: debatable, disputable, dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, fishy, problematic (also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, doubtful, suspicious

Antonyms: certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable

Related Words: alleged, so-called, supposed; moot; ambiguous, open, unclear; uncertain, undecided, undetermined; far-fetched, flimsy, improbable, unlikely, weak

Near Antonyms: decisive, definitive; clear, obvious, open-and-shut, positive

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Rhymes with SUSPECT

abject, advect, affect, aspect, bisect, cathect, collect, confect, connect, convect, correct, cowl-necked, defect, deflect, deject, detect, direct, Dordrecht, effect, eject, elect, erect, ewe-necked, expect, goosenecked, infect, inflect, inject, insect, inspect, neglect, object, pandect, porrect, prefect, prelect, project, prospect, protect, refect, reflect, reject, resect, respect, ring-necked, roll-necked, select, stiff-necked, subject, traject, transect, trisect, Utrecht, V-necked