Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to suspect
Participle: suspected
Gerund: suspecting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | suspect |
| you | suspect |
| he;she;it | suspects |
| we | suspect |
| you | suspect |
| they | suspect |
Perfect
| I | have suspected |
| you | have suspected |
| he;she;it | has suspected |
| we | have suspected |
| you | have suspected |
| they | have suspected |
Past
| I | suspected |
| you | suspected |
| he;she;it | suspected |
| we | suspected |
| you | suspected |
| they | suspected |
Pluperfect
| I | had suspected |
| you | had suspected |
| he;she;it | had suspected |
| we | had suspected |
| you | had suspected |
| they | had suspected |
Future
| I | will suspect |
| you | will suspect |
| he;she;it | will suspect |
| we | will suspect |
| you | will suspect |
| they | will suspect |
Future Perfect
| I | will have suspected |
| you | will have suspected |
| he;she;it | will have suspected |
| we | will have suspected |
| you | will have suspected |
| they | will have suspected |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | suspect |
| you | suspect |
| he;she;it | suspect |
| we | suspect |
| you | suspect |
| they | suspect |
Perfect
| I | have suspected |
| you | have suspected |
| he;she;it | have suspected |
| we | have suspected |
| you | have suspected |
| they | have suspected |
Imperfect
| I | suspected |
| you | suspected |
| he;she;it | suspected |
| we | suspected |
| you | suspected |
| they | suspected |
Pluperfect
| I | had suspected |
| you | had suspected |
| he;she;it | had suspected |
| we | had suspected |
| you | had suspected |
| they | had suspected |
Conditional
Present
| I | would suspect |
| you | would suspect |
| he;she;it | would suspect |
| we | would suspect |
| you | would suspect |
| they | would suspect |
Perfect
| I | would have suspected |
| you | would have suspected |
| he;she;it | would have suspected |
| we | would have suspected |
| you | would have suspected |
| they | would have suspected |
Imperative
| you | suspect |
| we | Let's suspect |
| you | suspect |
Verbs conjugated like 'suspect'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'suspect'
aspect,
despect,
enspect,
inspect,
respect,
spect,
subject,
subnect,
surject,
suspend,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem something true without verification or proof
- arread, assume, conject, conjecture, daresay, dope, go out on a limb, guess, guesstimate, hypothesize, imagine, infer, overhope, posit, postulate, presume, reckon, speculate, suppose, take a stab at, take something as read, ween
- doubt
- distrust, disbelieve, mistrust
- believe
- suppose, surmise, imagine, guess, conjecture, consider
Antonyms
- doubt
- certainty, assurance, belief, credence
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French suspect, from Latin suspectus, perfect passive participle of suspiciō (“mistrust, suspect”), from sub (“under”), + speciō (“watch, look at”).
Sample Sentences
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“ Then she suspected it, and she's off ! ” “ The Lord be thanked ! ” said Mrs. Shelby. “ I trust she is. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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‘I am an antediluvian, sir. ’ I thought the best thing to say was, that I had suspected as much from the first. Therefore I said so.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] discovered that the scruples of such wincing landlords induced them to preserve any unusually nice balance between the quality of their fare, and their scale of charges: on the contrary, I rather suspected them of diminishing the one and exalting the other, by way of recompense for the loss of their profit on the sale of spirituous liquors. After all, perhaps, the plainest course for persons of such [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] side of the passage, where the stock was presided over by something alive in a russet case, which the elder said was a woman; and which I suppose was a woman, though I should not have suspected it.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘A man was suspected, and the Sheriff most probably has possession of him by this time.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] you won't be sorry for this, when it's too late ! ” said Marie; “ but, believe it or not, my distress about Eva, and the exertions I have made with that dear child, have developed what I have long suspected. ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Cassy became uneasy. She began to think that he suspected something; and finally resolved to throw herself entirely on his generosity, and intrusted him with her whole history.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)