Origin of suspect
1250–1300; Middle English (adj.) < Latin
suspectāre, equivalent to
su-
su- +
spectāre, frequentative of
specere to look at
SYNONYMS FOR suspect
OTHER WORDS FROM suspect
Words nearby suspect
susian,
susiana,
susie,
suslik,
suslov,
suspect,
suspend,
suspended animation,
suspended sentence,
suspender,
suspender belt
British Dictionary definitions for non-suspect
suspect
verb (səˈspɛkt)
(tr)
to believe guilty of a specified offence without proof
(tr)
to think false, questionable, etc
she suspected his sincerity
(tr; may take a clause as object)
to surmise to be the case; think probable
to suspect fraud
(intr)
to have suspicion
noun (ˈsʌspɛkt)
a person who is under suspicion
adjective (ˈsʌspɛkt)
causing or open to suspicion
Derived forms of suspect
suspecter, noun suspectless, adjectiveWord Origin for suspect
C14: from Latin
suspicere to mistrust, from
sub- +
specere to look