Suspect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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verb (used with object)
  1. to believe to be guilty, false, counterfeit, undesirable, defective, bad, etc., with little or no proof: to suspect a person of murder.
  2. to doubt or mistrust: I suspect his motives.
  3. to believe to be the case or to be likely or probable; surmise: I suspect his knowledge did not amount to much.
  4. to have some hint or foreknowledge of: I think she suspected the surprise.
verb (used without object)
  1. to believe something, especially something evil or wrong, to be the case; have suspicion.
noun
  1. a person who is suspected, especially one suspected of a crime, offense, or the like.
  2. an animal or thing that is suspected to be the cause of something bad: Investigators focused on faulty wiring as a suspect in the house fire.The cause of the disease was not confirmed, but the suspect was an insect.
adjective
  1. suspected; open to or under suspicion.
Idioms
  1. the people, animals, or things that are commonly associated with a particular activity, situation, etc. (often used facetiously): We visited a family farm with sheep and bunnies and roosters and goats—the usual suspects!
verb (səˈspɛkt)
  1. to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof
  2. to think false, questionable, etc
  3. to surmise to be the case; think probable
  4. to have suspicion
noun (ˈsʌspɛkt)
  1. a person who is under suspicion
adjective (ˈsʌspɛkt)
  1. causing or open to suspicion
Suspect (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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