Question
Question verb - To have no trust or confidence in.
Usage example: it was apparent that voters were questioning the President's ability to manage the economy
Suspect is a synonym for question in doubt topic. In some cases you can use "Suspect" instead a verb "Question", when it comes to topics like dispute, query.
Suspect
Suspect verb - To have no trust or confidence in.
Usage example: I suspected him from the moment he said he was an old friend of my sister's, since I probably would have heard about him
Nearby Words: suspected, suspecting
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How words are described
| old | old question | old suspect |
| good | good question | good suspect |
| particular | particular question | particular suspect |
| better | better question | better suspect |
| Other adjectives: right, direct, current, original, reasonable, single, obvious, actual, real, wrong, little, main, innocent, new, major, possible, final, next, last, different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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So it's the job of the "supporting characters" to never suspect or question these people.
Source: Beauty Equals Goodness -
Sometimes there is only one real suspect, who the audience knows is guilty because there is no one else (and Conan figures it out pretty quick too), and the question is how they did it.
Source: Everyone Is a Suspect -
The full footage shows multiple officers trying to both talk to the suspect and peacefully subdue him, and the suspect was clearly shown on camera lunging at the cop in question with the knife.
Source: Series / Cops
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