suspicion
Hunch about wrongdoing
Suspicion is a feeling that something is wrong or that someone has done something bad, without proof: I have a suspicion he's lying.
It can be a trace or hint: a suspicion of garlic in the sauce.
To be under suspicion is to be suspected of wrongdoing.
Above suspicion means too trustworthy to doubt.
The phrase on suspicion of precedes an alleged crime: arrested on suspicion of murder.
State of being unsure
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
- incredulityInability to accept something
misgiving · distrust · reservation · wariness · cynicism · hesitation · scrutiny · dubious
Slight, uncertain awareness
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
- sixth senseExtrasensory perception ability
foreboding · presentiment · notion · impression · instinct · speculation · conjecture · surmise
Solving aid
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
- sleuthPrivate investigator
detective · crime · motive · alibi · witness · trail · lead · case
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- fearEmotional response to threat
distrustful · overthinking · insecurity · hypervigilance · conspiracy · cover-up · surveillance · watching
Claimed but unproven
- implicatedShown to be involved
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- finger-pointingAssigning blame openly
blame · charge · allegation · presumption · investigation · interrogation · scrutiny · person of interest
uncertainty
State of being unsure
- skepticismDisposition toward doubt
- disbeliefRejection of truth claims
- questioningSeeking answers through inquiry
incredulity · misgiving · distrust · reservation · wariness · cynicism · hesitation · scrutiny · dubious · leery
inkling
Slight, uncertain awareness
- gut feelingInstinctive sense about something
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- intuitionInstinctive immediate understanding
sixth sense · foreboding · presentiment · notion · impression · instinct · speculation · conjecture · surmise · guess
clue
Solving aid
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
sleuth · detective · crime · motive · alibi · witness · trail · lead · case · foul play
persecution
Systematic mistreatment of groups
- irrationalLacking sound judgment
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
fear · distrustful · overthinking · insecurity · hypervigilance · conspiracy · cover-up · surveillance · watching · followed
alleged
Claimed but unproven
- implicatedShown to be involved
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
finger-pointing · blame · charge · allegation · presumption · investigation · interrogation · scrutiny · person of interest · circumstantial
- doubtdoubt, doubts, doubting, doubtful, skepticism
- distrustmistrust, doubt, wariness, skepticism, disbelief
- jealousyenvy, covetousness, resentment, possessiveness, rivalry
- witch huntswitch trials, witch hunt, witch hunts, Salem witch trials, Salem trials
- mysteryclue, detective, clues, sleuth, whodunit
- guessesguess, conjecture, supposition, speculation, surmise
suspiciontrust
Confidence in another
faith · confidence · belief · credence · assurance
- under suspicionRegarded as possibly guilty
- suspicious fireFire of doubtful origin
- sneaking suspicionVague persistent doubt
- above suspicionImmune to accusation
- suspicious activityBehavior suggesting wrongdoing
- suspicious packagePotentially dangerous unidentified item
suspicious, suspiciously, suspicions, unsuspicious, suspiciousness