SUSPECTED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

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as in alleged

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verb

past tense of suspect

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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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 suspected

Adjective

The scheme is designed to identify suspected criminals, combat identity fraud, and to police the EU's limit on 90-day stays within a 180-day period, according to the European Commission. —

Emma Clarke, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Apr. 2026 The suspected driver, 26-year-old Corey Daniels, is in the Arlington City Jail. —

Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026 The judges also clarified that their ruling did not prevent the government from using other immigration or national security statutes to remove suspected terrorists. —

Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

The campaign is expected to go well beyond the traditional sanction — the canceling of visas for those suspected of being in league with cartels. —

Steve Fisher, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2026 Cole Allen, a 31-year old teacher and engineer from Torrance, California, has been identified as the man suspected of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night, two sources familiar with the matter told NPR. —

Deepa Shivaram, NPR, 26 Apr. 2026 The man suspected to be the gunman who opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner on April 25 appeared in a Los Angeles television news report demonstrating a prototype wheelchair in 2017. —

James Powel, USA Today, 26 Apr. 2026 No foul play is currently suspected in Jackson and Charlotte's deaths, according to WGXA. —

Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026 Tierney has been a frequent critic of the state's recent bail reform laws, which allowed a group of people suspected of dismembering a body and littering the remains around Long Island's south shore to go free before police had enough evidence to also charge them with killing the victim. —

Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 The report also indicated the driver of the black truck was not suspected of being on drugs or alcohol and was not distracted when the crash happened. —

Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026 Domestic violence suspect crashes, dies while fleeing police A man suspected in a domestic violence incident Friday morning in Plymouth led police on a brief chase on Route 3 before ultimately crashing his car into another vehicle and dying. —

Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 24 Apr. 2026 That’s because the attorney general for the relevant state normally handles litigation against charities suspected of wrongdoing. —

Beth Gazley, The Conversation, 24 Apr. 2026

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Seoul police have applied for a warrant to detain Bang Si-hyuk, chair and founder of Hybe, over alleged securities fraud tied to the K-pop conglomerate’s public listing, Reuters reported.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Apr. 2026
The report comes on the heels of an alleged feud between Cooper and Alix Earle, host of Hot Mess, one of the first podcasts to join the Unwell Network in 2023.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026