Word

suspicion, n.
(suspicions)
freq. cnt. 13

an impression that something might be the case
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 1

hunch intuition suspicion

sample sentences

"he had an intuition that something had gone wrong"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suspect

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

intuit

semantic pointers

hypernym

feeling, impression, notion, belief, opinion

hyponym

heart, bosom

doubt about someone's honesty
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

distrust misgiving mistrust suspicion

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suspicious suspect

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

distrust

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

mistrust

semantic pointers

hypernym

doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness

being of a suspicious nature
<noun.attribute>

suspicion suspiciousness

sample sentences

"his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suspicious suspicious

semantic pointers

hypernym

distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust

the state of being suspected
<noun.state>

suspicion

sample sentences

"he tried to shield me from suspicion"

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suspect

semantic pointers

hypernym

hostility, enmity, antagonism

hyponym

cloud