suspicioning

verb

present participle of suspicion, chiefly dialect
as in guessing
to form an opinion from little or no evidence no one will ever suspicion that I'm the one who pulled the prank

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suspicioning
  1. guessing
  2. assuming
  3. thinking
  4. suspecting
  5. supposing
Verb
  • That’s 1 point for me immediately taken away for losing to the Bot, who gets 2 for guessing in two and 1 for beating me.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • But will the new Fed boss keep investors guessing on the central bank’s rate path and his views on the Treasury’s intervention in the bond market?
    — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of guessing
Verb
  • Rather than assuming one is more affordable or comprehensive than the other, compare the specific coverages, exclusions, deductibles, premiums and repair-shop requirements between any two plans.
    — Brian Sloan, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2026
  • At the time, my editor and I were assuming that the fandom would be hostile to interlopers who didn’t possess the ancient knowledge of Andi self-eliminating rather than spending one more minute with Juan Pablo.
    — Ali Barthwell, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of assuming
Verb
  • Five to six years ago, certainly, people were not thinking about agentic AI systems that can plan and complete multi-step tasks with little to no human intervention.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • That experience helped shape Antares’ thinking around reliability and manufacturing maturity.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of thinking
Verb
  • In the r/Solidcore subreddit, one expressed frustration with the fitness studio’s lack of communication after suspecting their ringworm infection came from the Downtown Brooklyn location.
    — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Oceanside Police Captain Nick Nunez told KNSD that officers are not suspecting foul play.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Definition of suspecting
Verb
  • More recently, other experts have advised American farmers to go all out growing soybeans, supposing they will be needed by the Chinese or somebody.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Even supposing the pledges in the 1990s documents amounted to a crime, the legal deadline for bringing mortgage fraud charges has expired.
    — Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 8 Dec. 2025
Definition of supposing
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“Suspicioning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suspicioning. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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