suspected 1 of 2

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. guessed
  3. doubted
  4. assumed
  5. questioned
  6. presumed
  7. supposed
  8. thought
Adjective
  • Part of that guessing comes from a gap in our knowledge; Mangione went off the grid in the months leading up to the alleged murder.
    Max Chapnick, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Of Pete Hegseth’s alleged behavior with women and in proximity to a bottle, much has been published.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of alleged
Verb
  • Strong passwords that are not easily guessed and/or a password manager.
    Chuck Brooks, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg guessed Jason Derulo.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of guessed
Verb
  • Payne, Bridges’ close friend since their time as teammates in Phoenix in 2019, never doubted his resilience.
    Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 20 Dec. 2024
  • During his annual new conference on Thursday, Putin responded to those who doubted the capabilities of Russia's Oreshnik.
    Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of doubted
Verb
  • On the other end, Gibbs began to slither his way into open space, and the Lions assumed full control.
    Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • As an incentive for the teams to stick around, the city assumed ownership of the land but agreed to give it back to the teams at the expiration of a ground lease in 2023, according to documents reviewed by The Post.
    Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of assumed
Verb
  • His worth as a franchise QB has been questioned since the Cardinals took him with the first pick of the 2019 draft.
    Matt Barrows, The Athletic, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Arrest warrant questioned Many law experts question the validity of the warrant, which specified that certain key provisions of South Korea's Criminal Procedure Act should be excluded, which meant the police could search the military and government-classified presidential residence.
    Joohee Cho, ABC News, 5 Jan. 2025
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • Misch also faces charges in a high-profile kidnapping and presumed murder that took place in Hayward in 1989.
    Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
  • This fateful decision meant that, when he is presumed to have fallen ill on his walk, Mosley was unable to raise the alarm.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of presumed
Verb
  • We’re supposed to have an African distributor.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But lastly and most importantly, there’s a fourth channel where news is sourced, where the reporter secures information that they’re not supposed to get.
    Andrew Wallenstein, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of supposed
Verb
  • They have long been thought of as exclusively cognitive/mental.
    Dinorah Nieves, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Getting in front of them beforehand through various forms of content such as interviews, thought leadership articles and social posts, can help alleviate the fear and build trust with your community.
    Jenna Guarneri, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
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