Definition, Meaning & Synonyms
suspected
verb (past tense of suspect)
/səˈspɛktɪd/
Definition
thought to be possible or likely
Examples
- The police arrested the man who was suspected of theft.
- She suspected him of lying about his whereabouts.
- Many suspected that the storm would hit the coast by evening.
Meaning
believed to be true or imminent based on evidence or intuition, but not confirmed.
Synonyms
- believed
- assumed
- doubted
- inferred
- conjectured
