What is another word for suspicious?
Pronunciation:
[ səspˈɪʃəs], [ səspˈɪʃəs], [ s_ə_s_p_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_s]
Related words: suspicious activity, suspicious activities, suspicious behavior, suspicious person, suspicious package, what is suspicious, what is considered suspicious, suspicious feeling
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Similar words for suspicious:
- afraid (adjective)
- alleged (adjective)
- apprehensive (adjective)
- chary (adjective)
- cynical (adjective)
- diffident (adjective)
- dim (adjective)
- disbelieving (adjective)
- distrustful (adjective)
- doubtful (adjective)
- doubtful, fishy (adjective)
- doubting (adjective)
- dubious (adjective)
- dubitable (adjective)
- envious (adjective)
- equivocal (adjective)
- far-fetched (adjective)
- fearful (adjective)
- funny (adjective)
- gingerly (adjective)
- ill (at ease) (adjective)
- ill at ease (adjective)
- incredulous (adjective)
- interesting (adjective)
- jaundiced (adjective)
- jealous (adjective)
- mistrustful (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- panicky (adjective)
- queer (adjective)
- questionable (adjective)
- quizzical (adjective)
- shy (adjective)
- skeptical (adjective)
- unapt (adjective)
- unbelieving (adjective)
- uneasy (adjective)
- unsubstantiated (adjective)
- unsure (adjective)
- untrusting (adjective)
- wary (adjective)
- watchful (adjective)
- fishy (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- doubtful
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Suspicious:
adj.
• afraid (adjective)- most faint hearted,
- more terror-stricken,
- panicstricken,
- most aroused,
- more aroused,
- most rattled,
- most cowed,
- more terrorstricken,
- co-wed,
- worried,
- most daunted,
- more disheartened,
- most trembling,
- more terror stricken,
- more rattled,
- faint hearted,
- terrorstricken,
- panic stricken,
- scared death,
- terror stricken,
- more faint-hearted,
- most terrorstricken,
- most terror stricken,
- most dismayed,
- most spooked,
- dis mayed,
- most disheartened,
- dis-mayed,
- more faint hearted,
- dis-tressed,
- up-set,
- most terror-stricken,
- timorous,
- dis-heartened,
- dis heartened,
- co wed,
- more nervous,
- more dismayed,
- more trembling,
- have cold feet,
- most faint-hearted,
- more cowed,
- more daunted,
- dis tressed,
- more spooked.
- more averred,
- most described,
- most averred,
- more described,
- de-scribed,
- pre tended,
- pre-tended,
- so called,
- de scribed,
- socalled,
- more purported,
- most purported.
- have hunch,
- feel bones,
- dis quieted,
- lily livered,
- lilylivered,
- fore boding,
- up-tight,
- more scaredy-cat,
- shaky,
- more scaredy cat,
- more scaredycat,
- most scaredycat,
- more disquieted,
- weakest,
- more foreboding,
- dis-quieted,
- scaredycat,
- more jellyfish,
- fore-boding,
- up tight,
- in cold sweat,
- troubled,
- worried sick,
- in a sweat,
- most butterflies,
- in dither,
- most jellyfish,
- most foreboding,
- most scaredy cat,
- most disquieted,
- most scaredy-cat,
- more butterflies,
- in sweat.
- mocking,
- mis anthropical,
- more ironic,
- ironic,
- more misanthropical,
- mis-anthropical,
- most misanthropical,
- wry,
- mis-anthropic,
- mis anthropic.
- in-securest,
- more unassured,
- in-securer,
- un-assuming,
- more rabbity,
- more flinching,
- de-mure,
- self effacing,
- un assertive,
- re served,
- most blenching,
- more blenching,
- most unassertive,
- in secure,
- re-tiring,
- selfeffacing,
- re tiring,
- selfconscious,
- more unpoised,
- with drawn,
- self-conscious,
- un-obtrusive,
- most flinching,
- Unpoised,
- un assuming,
- in securest,
- un-poised,
- un poised,
- in-secure,
- more unassertive,
- un-assured,
- un assured,
- un-assertive,
- de mure,
- shrinking,
- most rabbity,
- most unpoised,
- un obtrusive,
- in securer,
- re-served,
- most unassured,
- self conscious,
- with-drawn,
- unassuming.
- leery,
- uptight,
- unbelieving,
- mistrustful,
- green-eyed,
- Suspecting,
- not born yesterday on the lookout,
- without faith,
- cautious,
- cagey,
- questioning,
- wondering.
- in-distinct,
- in determinate,
- dis composed,
- dis-composed,
- un-settled,
- hazy,
- most unconvinced,
- most flustered,
- more flustered,
- pre carious,
- more faltering,
- dis-reputable,
- in decisive,
- in-definite,
- un-stable,
- un convinced,
- un decided,
- un-resolved,
- in conclusive,
- in distinct,
- more discomposed,
- most impugnable,
- un-decided,
- more doubtable,
- most faltering,
- most agnostic,
- un resolved,
- un settled,
- un confirmed,
- in-conclusive,
- un-stablest,
- un-stabler,
- unconfirmed,
- more agnostic,
- un stabler,
- un stablest,
- un-convinced,
- impugnable,
- more unconvinced,
- iffy,
- un stable,
- dis reputable,
- in-decisive,
- more baffled,
- pre-carious,
- most doubtable,
- more questioning,
- most discomposed,
- more unconfirmed,
- most unconfirmed,
- dis concerted,
- in definite,
- most questioning,
- in-determinate,
- most baffled,
- dis-concerted,
- in quandary,
- more impugnable,
- un-confirmed.
- disputable,
- problematic,
- borderline,
- won't wash,
- reaching,
- phony,
- rings untrue,
- shady,
- not kosher,
- uncertain,
- too much,
- peculiar,
- open,
- out of line.
- un likely,
- un-reliable,
- un reliable,
- un-trusty,
- touch go,
- un-likelier,
- un trustier,
- un-clearer,
- fly by night,
- more trustless,
- un-likeliest,
- un-dependable,
- un likelier,
- untrustier,
- un trustiest,
- untrustiest,
- un trusty,
- un-trustworthy,
- un-clear,
- un trustworthy,
- un dependable,
- un-trustiest,
- un-likely,
- un likeliest,
- un clearer,
- un clearest,
- un clear,
- un-clearest,
- Mootable,
- un-trustier,
- most trustless.
- in coherent,
- un convincing,
- in-consequential,
- un-convincing,
- incredible,
- un realistic,
- in-credible,
- illogical,
- in credible,
- un believable,
- in-coherent,
- un-natural,
- in consequential,
- un-believable,
- un-realistic,
- far fetched,
- hard swallow.
- ill.
- most unindifferent,
- un fair,
- un-friendlier,
- un friendliest,
- more warped,
- un-friendly,
- in-tolerant,
- un-indifferent,
- un friendlier,
- un-friendliest,
- un fairer,
- onesided,
- un fairest,
- more unindifferent,
- in tolerant,
- one sided,
- un indifferent,
- most preconceived,
- pre-conceived,
- pre conceived,
- un-fair,
- un-fairest,
- pre possessed,
- most warped,
- more preconceived,
- un-fairer,
- pre-possessed.
- quizzical,
- unproven,
- interesting,
- hard to swallow,
- on lookout,
- paradoxical,
- betwixt and between,
- unindifferent,
- scared stiff,
- panicky,
- jealous,
- unconvinced,
- Controvertible,
- on thin ice,
- get vibes,
- scaredy cat,
- unassertive,
- terror-stricken,
- open to question,
- rabbity,
- glued,
- suspect,
- run scared,
- biting nails,
- alleged,
- unconfident,
- in turmoil,
- on the qui vive,
- running scared,
- on one's toes,
- ironical,
- queer,
- not following,
- have a hunch,
- on the lookout,
- on watch,
- have stage fright,
- open to doubt,
- wary,
- up for grabs,
- up set,
- see to,
- anguished,
- walking on eggs,
- in a cold sweat,
- in question,
- envious,
- uneager,
- faint-hearted,
- Butterflies,
- non-believing,
- feel in bones,
- jellyfish,
- on the watch,
- uneffusive,
- far-fetched,
- of two minds,
- wideawake,
- questionable,
- chary,
- doubtful,
- on the job,
- aporetic,
- equivocal,
- unsure,
- with eyes peeled,
- untrusting,
- incredulous,
- farfetched,
- under advisement,
- jaundiced,
- scaredy-cat,
- without belief,
- Fluctuant,
- watchful,
- palpitant,
- in doubt,
- extra ordinary,
- hard to believe,
- wimpy,
- been hit before,
- dim,
- under examination,
- have funny feeling,
- in clouds,
- in awe,
- in a dither,
- unassured,
- in a quandary,
- keeping on one's toes,
- ill at ease,
- openeyed,
- dubious,
- unsocial,
- untrusty,
- skeptical,
- funny,
- all nerves,
- preconceived,
- unsubstantiated,
- scared to death,
- Doubtable,
- misanthropical,
- unwasteful,
- nonbelieving,
- shy,
- Trustless,
- handling with kid gloves,
- touch and go,
- cynical,
- Unapt,
- apprehensive,
- rootless,
- diffident,
- not missing a trick,
- thinking twice,
- all ears,
- in dilemma,
- implicated,
- on toes.
- more outre,
- un-hinged,
- un-canniest,
- un hinged,
- un-balanced,
- un-commoner,
- un-common,
- un conventional,
- extra-ordinary,
- un-conventional,
- most outre,
- off wall,
- un-cannier,
- un commonest,
- un common,
- un canniest,
- un cannier,
- un commoner,
- off the wall,
- dis-quieting,
- dis quieting,
- fly ball,
- un canny.
- hard believe,
- hypo-thetical,
- pro visional,
- more unproven,
- un-proven,
- more controvertible,
- more paradoxical,
- most unproven,
- un proven,
- un defined,
- hypo thetical,
- un-defined,
- most paradoxical,
- most controvertible,
- open doubt.
- more introvert,
- un effusive,
- more uneffusive,
- more unsocial,
- in disposed,
- un eager,
- most introvert,
- un willing,
- un-eager,
- un-responsive,
- introvert,
- most uneffusive,
- more uneager,
- un-social,
- un social,
- in-disposed,
- dis-inclined,
- most unsocial,
- un-effusive,
- recessive,
- un responsive,
- un-willing,
- dis inclined,
- most uneager.
- most anguished,
- un quiet,
- most palpitant,
- most tormented,
- more tormented,
- un easy,
- most vexed,
- un-easy,
- un-quiet,
- un quieter,
- harassed,
- un easier,
- most harassed,
- un quietest,
- un-easiest,
- more vexed,
- more palpitant,
- un easiest,
- un-quietest,
- more anguished,
- un-easier,
- un-quieter,
- more harassed,
- on qui vive.
- more unconfident,
- un confident,
- most unconfident,
- most fluctuant,
- more rootless,
- un-confident,
- un-sure,
- wimpiest,
- more fluctuant,
- betwixt between,
- most rootless,
- un sure.
- keeping one's toes,
- watching one's step,
- keeping on ones toes,
- more unwasteful,
- keeping toes,
- un wasteful,
- un-wasteful,
- walking eggs,
- keeping on toes,
- watching out,
- watching one step,
- keeping one toes,
- watching ones step,
- keeping ones toes,
- wide awake,
- watching step,
- most unwasteful,
- keeping on one toes.
n.
• fishy (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
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•
- careful,
- disbelieve,
- suspiciously,
- uneasy.
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•
- distrust,
- unfriendly,
- mistrust,
- doubt,
- suspicion.
- enigmatical,
- restrained,
- problematical,
- restlessly,
- unworthy,
- mindful,
- waffling,
- craven,
- wallow,
- unthinkable,
- suspiciousness,
- wishy-washy,
- indeterminate,
- equivocally,
- cheer,
- reluctant,
- misbelieve,
- preposterous,
- carefully,
- comical,
- dispute,
- reproduce,
- underhanded,
- skeptic,
- fearful,
- unpersuaded,
- exhilarate,
- scrupulous,
- at issue,
- simulate,
- hesitation,
- dishonest,
- feign,
- incredulity,
- doubtfulness,
- ambagious,
- unconscionable,
- comic,
- heedful,
- rejoicing,
- distrustfully,
- unreliable,
- ridiculous,
- unscrupulous,
- arguable,
- mirthful,
- doubtfully,
- rummy,
- hedging,
- loth,
- dishonorable,
- unpersuadable,
- circumspectly,
- apprehension,
- dubiously,
- puzzling,
- ill-gotten,
- shifty,
- revel,
- unconvincing,
- contestable,
- suppositional,
- evasive,
- impersonate,
- curious,
- squint-eyed,
- untrustworthy,
- laughable,
- mysterious,
- corrupted,
- dubiousness,
- doubter,
- indecisive,
- unconscientious,
- hesitantly,
- noncommittal,
- unprincipled,
- irresolution,
- sceptical,
- Amphibolous,
- Ill-got,
- bent,
- contend,
- Qualmish,
- Horn-mad,
- singular,
- disreputable,
- unearthly,
- rotten,
- felonious,
- agnostic,
- refutable,
- indirect,
- anxiously,
- Contradictable,
- irregularly,
- mimic,
- strange,
- bashfully,
- follow,
- crookedly,
- conscienceless,
- in dispute,
- duplicitous,
- dubiety,
- enviously,
- staggering,
- question,
- absurd,
- immoral,
- unworthy of,
- Distrusting,
- cowardly,
- skeptically,
- Inconvincible,
- conjectural,
- thin,
- imitate,
- ambiguously,
- unbelief,
- moot,
- indistinct,
- green,
- emulate,
- Amphibolic,
- guardedly,
- timidly,
- invidious,
- devious,
- vulnerable,
- anxious,
- umbrageous,
- rum,
- assume,
- disbelief,
- fishily,
- compare with,
- odd,
- slippery,
- skepticism,
- confutable,
- gloomily,
- gratify,
- ambivalent,
- uncertainty,
- fraudulent,
- speculative,
- unlikely,
- vigilant,
- shadowed,
- shameless,
- mistrusting,
- misgiving,
- indefinite,
- erratically,
- amoral,
- nervous,
- ambiguous,
- dishonourable,
- furtive,
- threatened,
- underhand,
- reticent,
- uneasily,
- misleading,
- circumlocutory,
- implausible,
- amusing,
- vacillating,
- roundabout,
- insidious,
- gay,
- circumspect,
- incredulously,
- unethical,
- dark,
- unimaginable,
- paranoid,
- apprehensively,
- negativistic,
- gladden,
- murkily,
- fearfully,
- under suspicion,
- risible,
- ungodly,
- guarded,
- unevenly,
- rejoice,
- thick,
- hesitatingly,
- shadowy,
- query,
- cynic,
- Yellow-eyed,
- dismally,
- uncourageous,
- deniable,
- indisposed,
- tall,
- cover up,
- yellow,
- oblique,
- prudent,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- criminal,
- insecure,
- pretend,
- jealously,
- sinister,
- Mistakable,
- compete,
- suspense,
- gloat,
- corrupt,
- insecurely,
- impossible,
- improbable,
- loath,
- unbelievable,
- cautiously,
- warily,
- indecision,
- beyond belief,
- shy of,
- sceptic,
- frightened,
- timorously,
- controversial,
- nervously,
- crooked,
- diffidently,
- inconceivable,
- unsavory,
- Imperilled,
- tricky.
How to use "Suspicious" in context?
packages/items
There are a few things that can make someone feel suspicious about a package or item. Perhaps there is something about the package or item that doesn't feel right, or the person who received it feels like something is off about it.
If you're feeling suspicious about something, it's best to talk to someone about it. It could be a friend, family member, or trusted stranger. Talking about what's on your mind can help to ease your paranoia and make sure you're taking the appropriate precautions.
Paraphrases for Suspicious:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
distrustful, mistrustful, questionable.
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Proper noun, singular
questionable.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
ambiguous, cautious, disputed, fishy, mysterious, shady, skeptical, unreliable, wary, worrisome, in-doubt.
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Adjective
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