Consider and Suspect

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Consider

Consider verb - To think of in a particular way.

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Suspect is a synonym for consider in believe topic. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead a verb "Consider", when it comes to topics like think.

Nearby Words: consideration, considerable, considerably, considering

Suspect

Suspect verb - To form an opinion from little or no evidence.

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Consider is a synonym for suspect in believe topic. Sometimes you can use "Consider" instead a verb "Suspect", if it concerns topics such as think, distrust, be of the opinion.

Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting

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character	consider character	suspect character
man	consider man	suspect man
people	consider people	suspect people
part	consider part	suspect part
Other words: idea, name, situation, case, time, way, nothing, friends.

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Harvey engages in lots of very suspicious behavior that should have at the very least led the police to consider him as a suspect earlier in the investigation than they do.

Source: Literature / The Lovely Bones
Not being the sharpest knife in the drawer, it didn't occur to her who the police would consider the prime suspect...

Source: Suicide, Not Murder
Consider this exchange from Hubris:Roy Minard: My unfortunate role was as the prime suspect.Lilly Rush: Who had the unfortunate role of the victim?

Source: Series / Cold Case

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