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suspicion

/səˈspɪʃ.ən/noun3 syllables

Suspicion means: doubt about someone's honesty.

Synonyms for suspicion7

noun, as in doubt about someone's honesty

misgiving, mistrust, distrust

noun, as in an impression that something might be the case

intuition, hunch

noun, as in being of a suspicious nature

suspiciousness

also used for suspicion

inkling

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What does suspicion mean?4

noun

1

doubt about someone's honesty

2

an impression that something might be the case“he had an intuition that something had gone wrong”

3

being of a suspicious nature“his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage”

4

the state of being suspected“he tried to shield me from suspicion”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with suspicion?60

two syllables

mission
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All 60 rhymes for suspicion, grouped by syllable

Suspicion in a sentence

  • No suspicion may be attached to the accountant.unknown
  • Every glance you give is filled with suspicion and doubt.Nuel
  • Time only allows the suspicion of injustice to fester.LK
  • I had a suspicion that he would leave me.CK
  • His acknowledgement that he stole the ring cleared the maid of suspicion.ET
  • Yanni was going to be arrested on suspicion of arson.Amastan
  • Yanni tried to turn suspicion away from him.Amastan
  • Such conduct on his part gave rise to her parents' suspicion.unknown

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Forms of suspicion

as a noun

plural
suspicions