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English adjective: suspicious

1. suspicious openly distrustful and unwilling to confide


Synonymsleery, mistrustful, untrusting, wary


Similardistrustful


Antonymstrustful, trusting

2. suspicious not as expected


SamplesThere was something fishy about the accident.
Up to some funny business.
Some definitely queer goings-on.
A shady deal.
Her motives were suspect.
Suspicious behavior.


Synonymsfishy, funny, shady, suspect


Similarquestionable


Domain usagecolloquialism


Antonymsunquestionable









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