English Explanatory Dictionary

suspicion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
  2. The condition of being suspected.
  3. Uncertainty, doubt.
  4. A trace, or slight indication.
  5. The imagining of something without evidence.
verb
  1. To suspect; to have suspicions.

Pronunciation

/səˈspɪʃ.ən/ en-us-suspicion.ogg

Word forms

suspicion suspicions suspition 'spicion suspicioning suspicioned

Etymology

From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

Synonyms

inkling

Derived words

Caesar's wife must be above suspicion index of suspicion sneaking suspicion sneaky suspicion suspect suspicionable suspicional suspicionful suspicionless suspicious undue suspicion unsuspicion
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