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adjective

Definition of suspectednext
as in alleged

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suspected

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verb

past tense of suspect
1
as in guessed
to form an opinion from little or no evidence we suspected that the runaway was a little younger than the 16 she claimed to be—more like 13

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2
as in doubted
to have no trust or confidence in I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspected
  1. alleged
  2. doubted
  3. assumed
  4. questioned
  5. supposed
  6. thought
Adjective
  • Chigvintsev subsequently canceled the request for assistance, but sheriff’s deputies turned up anyway and took him into custody, based on deputies seeing a visible injury on the alleged victim, a sheriff’s spokesperson said.
    Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The aim of the investigation was to discover how the alleged tax fraud had been implemented internally.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • Yet many of these same executives doubted their leaders' ability to rise to the occasion.
    Vince Molinaro, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Albert Einstein had predicted such waves a century ago, but it was long doubted that instrumentation sensitive enough to confirm their existence could ever be created.
    L. Rafael Reif, Foreign Affairs, 23 Mar. 2017
Definition of doubted
Verb
  • Ariel Henry, the deeply unpopular prime minister at the time, assumed the role of president and failed to hold elections.
    Jay Blackman, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Molly Cook, the Texas Senate’s first out LGBTQ member, who assumed office in May, won her election to continue serving as well.
    Sarah Prager, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of assumed
Verb
  • The elements of my performance that have been questioned are quite clearly a statement in opposition to fascism, injustice, and bigotry in all its forms.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Many people, including fire officials, have questioned why the crew was working in dry brush amid triple-digit temperatures.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • While the storm expected this weekend is considered to be strong, it's not supposed to be as powerful as the one in May.
    Alex Sundby, CBS News, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Other interesting tidbits here are that The Book of Boba Fett was actually supposed to be an ongoing season until incredibly poor reception killed it.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of supposed
Verb
  • The chain-of-thought approach forces the AI to take more computational cycles, working stepwise on a systematic basis, and calculate answers to a more extensive degree.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The measurement, calculated based on a person’s height and waist circumference, focuses on the amount of abdominal fat a person has and is thought to be a more accurate predictor of disease risk than body mass index (BMI).
    Elizabeth Yuko, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of thought
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