suspecting

ADJECTIVE

suspicious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

apprehensive careful cautious doubtful incredulous jealous leery mistrustful skeptical wary watchful

WEAK

cagey green-eyed in doubt not born yesterday on the lookout questioning quizzical suspect unbelieving uptight without belief without faith wondering

Antonyms

STRONGEST

believing careless certain confident convinced heedless inattentive incautious rash sure thoughtless trusting uncareful undoubting

WEAK

believable indubious innocent palpable trustworthy trusty undoubted unquestionable

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Suspecting that traders had tampered with the data, they alerted the service, called Météo-France, which in turn notified French police.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Suspecting something was wrong, she contacted BBC Morning Live.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2024

Suspecting it might be a quake, he turned on his police radio and heard numerous calls coming into 911 dispatch from residents.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 15, 2023

Suspecting Sokkheng might have frozen to death, they pushed for an autopsy and postmortem occupational disease ruling.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2023

Suspecting someone didn’t like your TV momma was a lot different than hearing it said out loud.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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