Need another word that means the same as “suspicious”? Find 33 synonyms and 30 related words for “suspicious” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Suspicious” are: fishy, funny, shady, suspect, leery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary, doubtful, unsure, dubious, chary, sceptical, distrustful, disbelieving, apprehensive, cynical, jaundiced, disreputable, unsavoury, slippery, questionable, odd, strange, irregular, queer, under suspicion, mysterious, murky, dark, criminal, dishonest, corrupt
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “suspicious” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
apprehensive | Mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc. A kind and apprehensive friend. |
chary | Cautiously or suspiciously reluctant to do something. Chary of the risks involved. |
corrupt | Evil or morally depraved. The old corrupt order. |
criminal | Guilty of crime or serious offense. He may never fulfil his potential and that would be a criminal waste. |
cynical | Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity. Her cynical attitude. |
dark | Used of color having a dark hue. So many dark deeds had been committed. |
disbelieving | Denying or questioning the tenets of especially a religion. The disbelieving look in her eyes. |
dishonest | Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way. Dishonest politicians. |
disreputable | Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance. He was heavy grubby and vaguely disreputable. |
distrustful | Feeling or showing distrust of someone or something. I have grown up to be distrustful of men. |
doubtful | Feeling uncertain about something. It is doubtful whether these schemes have any lasting effect. |
dubious | Not to be relied upon; suspect. Dubious about agreeing to go. |
fishy | Of or relating to or resembling fish. There was something fishy about the accident. |
funny | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. It s a funny old world. |
irregular | (of a verb or other word) having inflections that do not conform to the usual rules. She led a somewhat irregular private life. |
jaundiced | Showing or affected by prejudice or envy or distaste. Looked with a jaundiced eye on the growth of regimentation. |
leery | Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. A city leery of gang violence. |
mistrustful | Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide. He wondered if he had been unduly mistrustful of her. |
murky | (of liquids) clouded as with sediment. A government minister with a murky past. |
mysterious | (of a location) having an atmosphere of strangeness or secrecy. A mysterious benefactor provided the money. |
odd | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. It is odd that his name is never mentioned. |
questionable | Likely to be dishonourable or morally suspect. His questionable financial deals. |
sceptical | Relating to the theory that certain knowledge is impossible. The public were deeply sceptical about some of the proposals. |
shady | Quiet, dark, or concealed. He was involved in his grandmother s shady deals. |
slippery | Causing or tending to cause things to slip or slide. How extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is. |
strange | Unusual or surprising; difficult to understand or explain. Children have some strange ideas. |
suspect | Not as expected. Her motives were suspect. |
under suspicion | Located below or beneath something else. |
unsavoury | Morally offensive. An unsavoury reputation. |
unsure | Lacking self-confidence. Unsure of himself and his future. |
untrusting | Not tending to believe in other people’s honesty or sincerity; suspicious. Kate became wary furtive and untrusting. |
wary | Feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems. They were wary in their movements. |
ambiguously | In an ambiguous manner. A peculiar ambiguously remembered landscape where past and present seem repeatedly confounded. |
cynical | Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others. A cynical manipulation of public opinion. |
disbelief | Doubt about the truth of something. Laura shook her head in disbelief. |
distrust | Regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in. The public s distrust of politicians. |
doubt | Consider unlikely or have doubts about. I have no reason to doubt him. |
doubtful | Unsettled in mind or opinion. Of doubtful legality. |
dubiety | The state of being unsure of something. His enemies made much of the dubiety of his paternity. |
dubious | Fraught with uncertainty or doubt. Extremely dubious assumptions. |
incredulity | Doubt about the truth of something. He stared down the street in incredulity. |
incredulous | Not disposed or willing to believe; unbelieving. An incredulous gasp. |
leery | Cautious or wary due to realistic suspicions. A city leery of gang violence. |
misgiving | Doubt about someone’s honesty. I felt a sense of misgiving at the prospect of retirement. |
mistrust | The trait of not trusting others. The public mistrust of government. |
pessimist | A person who believes that this world is as bad as it could be or that evil will ultimately prevail over good. He finds solace in the writings of pessimist philosophers. |
qualm | A momentary faint or sick feeling. Military regimes generally have no qualms about controlling the press. |
question | Pose a question. There s no question that the company s true financial situation is different. |
questionable | Able to be refuted. A fire of questionable origin. |
questioning | The raising of a doubt about or objection to something. This situation should prompt questioning. |
sceptical | Marked by or given to doubt. The public were deeply sceptical about some of the proposals. |
shady | Filled with shade. A shady deal. |
skeptic | Someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs. |
skeptical | Marked by or given to doubt. A skeptical attitude. |
skepticism | The disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge. |
suspect | Believe or feel that (someone) is guilty of an illegal, dishonest, or unpleasant act, without certain proof. A suspect package was found on the platform. |
suspiciously | With a cautious distrust or suspicion of someone or something. Women have been eyed suspiciously by the Party. |
unbelief | A rejection of belief. The darkness of unbelief. |
uncertain | Not able to be relied on; not known or definite. An uncertain recollection of events. |
uncertainty | The state of being uncertain. The uncertainty of the outcome. |
vaguely | In a way that is uncertain, indefinite or unclear; roughly. He vaguely remembered talking to her once. |
waffle | Pancake batter baked in a waffle iron. We ve edited out some of the waffle. |
The synonyms and related words of "Brag" are: blow, bluster, boast, gas, gasconade, shoot a…
The synonyms and related words of "Pierce" are: thrust, make a hole in, penetrate, puncture,…
The synonyms and related words of "Weary" are: aweary, tired, tired out, exhausted, fatigued, overtired,…
The synonyms and related words of "Kick" are: complain, kvetch, plain, quetch, sound off, give…
The synonyms and related words of "Useless" are: futile, pointless, purposeless, impractical, vain, in vain,…
Want to describe something with adjectives that start with 'J'? Though they are not numerous,…