suspect

/səˈspɛkt/

意味: 容疑者

例文: The suspect denied knowing Haruki.
　　  容疑者はハルキを知らないと言った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: prime suspect (主要容疑者), suspect foul play (不正を疑う), suspect motives (動機を疑う)

定義: 疑う、または何かが本当ではないかもしれないと考えること。人や物が悪いことをしたかもしれないと信じることも含まれます。警察や調査官が犯罪に関与しているかもしれないと考える人を指すこともあります。

suspectは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone who is under suspicion
Noun: a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
Verb: imagine to be the case or true or probable
Verb: regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
Verb: hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty
Adjective: not as expected

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

Verb: I suspect he is a fugitive
Verb: I surmised that the butler did it
Verb: The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks
Adjective: there was something fishy about the accident
Adjective: up to some funny business
Adjective: some definitely queer goings-on
Adjective: a shady deal
Adjective: her motives were suspect
Adjective: suspicious behavior

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): defendant, distrust, fishy, funny, mistrust, shady, surmise, suspect, suspicious

Antonyms(反意語): plaintiff, trust

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): disbelieve, guess, litigant, person, think

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, achiever, acquaintance, acquirer, active, actor, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adult, adventurer, adversary, advisee, advocate, affiant, african, agnostic, amateur, amerindian, ancient, anomaly, anti, anti-american, appellant, applicant, appointee, appreciator, apprehender, aquarius, archaist, aries, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, baby buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, balker, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, best, birth, biter, black, blogger, blond, bluecoat, bodybuilder, bomber, brunet, bullfighter, buster, cancer, candidate, capitalist, capricorn, captor, case, cashier, celebrant, censor, chameleon, changer, charmer, child, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, color-blind person, combatant, commoner, communicator, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, contestant, convert, copycat, counter, counterterrorist, coward, crawler, creator, creature, creditor, cripple, dancer, dead person, deaf person, debaser, debtor, defecator, defendant, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, disentangler, disputant, dissenter, distrust, divider, domestic partner, double, doubt, dresser, dribbler, drug user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, engineer, enjoyer, enrollee, entertainer, ethnic, experimenter, expert, explorer, extrovert, face, faddist, faller, fastener, female, fiduciary, filer, first-rater, follower, free agent, friend, fugitive, gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, gemini, gentile, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, homosexual, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, individualist, inhabitant, innocent, insured, intellectual, interpreter, introvert, jat, jew, jewel, jumper, junior, juvenile, killer, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, latin, laugher, leader, learner, left-hander, leo, libra, life, lightning rod, linguist, literate, liver, longer, loose cannon, loved one, lover, machine, mailer, malcontent, male, man, man jack, manipulator, married, masturbator, measurer, mesomorph, mestizo, middlebrow, miracle man, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, money handler, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, namer, namesake, national, native, neglecter, neighbor, neutral, nondescript, nonmember, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonperson, nonreligious person, nonresident, nonsmoker, nonworker, nude, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, pamperer, pansexual, pardoner, partner, party, passer, peer, perceiver, percher, person of color, personage, personification, perspirer, philosopher, picker, pisces, pisser, plaintiff, planner, player, posturer, powderer, precursor, predict, preserver, prevailing party, primitive, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, registrant, relative, reliever, religious person, repeater, rescuer, rester, restrainer, revenant, rich person, right-hander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, rusher, sagittarius, scientist, scorpio, scratcher, second-rater, seeder, seeker, segregate, self, sensualist, sentimentalist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, showman, signer, simpleton, six-footer, skidder, slav, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, stifler, stigmatic, stooper, stranger, struggler, subject, supernumerary, surrenderer, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, taurus, tempter, termer, terror, testator, thin person, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transsexual, transvestite, traveler, trier, turner, tyrant, undoer, unfortunate, unskilled person, unwelcome person, user, vanisher, victim, victorian, virgo, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, weasel, white, wiggler, winker, withholder, witness, worker, worldling, yawner

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): accused, codefendant, doubt, murder suspect, rape suspect, robbery suspect

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: defend, distrust, mistrust, surmise, suspect, suspicion, suspiciousness

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

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Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

大学受験レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative