Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun suspicion
4 senses of suspicion
Sense 1
intuition, hunch, suspicion -- (an impression that something might be the case; "he had an intuition that something had gone wrong")
=> impression, feeling, belief, notion, opinion -- (a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying")
Sense 2
misgiving, mistrust, distrust, suspicion -- (doubt about someone's honesty)
=> doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness -- (the state of being unsure of something)
Sense 3
suspicion -- (the state of being suspected; "he tried to shield me from suspicion")
=> hostility, enmity, antagonism -- (a state of deep-seated ill-will)
Sense 4
suspicion, suspiciousness -- (being of a suspicious nature; "his suspiciousness destroyed his marriage")
=> distrust, distrustfulness, mistrust -- (the trait of not trusting others)