Definition of SUSPICION

suspicion

Meanings

Plural: suspicions

Noun

  • an impression that something might be the case
  • doubt about someone's honesty
  • the state of being suspected
    • "he tried to shield me from suspicion"
  • being of a suspicious nature
  • The act of suspecting something or someone, especially of something wrong.
  • The condition of being suspected.
  • Uncertainty, doubt.
  • A trace, or slight indication.
  • The imagining of something without evidence.

Verb

  • To suspect; to have suspicions.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English suspecioun, borrowed from Latin suspīciō, suspīciōnem, from suspicere, from sub- (“up to”) with specere (“to look at”). Perhaps partly through the influence of Old French sospeçon (or rather the Anglo-Norman form suspecioun). Equivalent to suspect + -ion.

Scrabble Score: 13

suspicion is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
suspicion is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
suspicion is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

suspicion is a valid Words With Friends word