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100 Best Synonyms for “Suspicious”

October 27, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abnormal not usual or expected
2. alarming causing concern or fear
3. ambiguous open to more than one meaning
4. amiss wrong or out of order
5. anomalous deviating from what is normal
6. bogus not genuine or legitimate
7. cagey careful and unwilling to reveal
8. clandestine kept secret, often illegally
9. cloak-and-dagger secretive and intrigue-filled
10. compromised made doubtful or unreliable
11. conniving secretly cooperating in wrongdoing
12. counterfeit made to deceive as genuine
13. covert hidden and not openly shown
14. criminal involving crime or wrongdoing
15. crooked dishonest or corrupt
16. cynical distrustful of motives or sincerity
17. deceptive likely to mislead
18. devious dishonest in a sneaky way
19. dishonest not truthful or trustworthy
20. disingenuous not candid or sincere
21. distrustful full of distrust
22. dodgy seeming dishonest or unsafe
23. double-dealing dishonest in dealings
24. doubtful not convinced or trusting
25. dubious hesitant to believe or trust
26. duplicitous deceitful and double-dealing
27. enigmatic hard to understand or read
28. equivocal unclear or intentionally vague
29. erratic unpredictable and inconsistent
30. evasive avoiding direct answers
31. fake not real or honest
32. far-fetched unlikely and hard to believe
33. fishy seeming dishonest or wrong
34. flimsy weak and not convincing
35. foreboding suggesting coming trouble
36. fraudulent intended to deceive
37. funny odd in a questionable way
38. furtive secretive and sneaky
39. guarded careful and not fully trusting
40. hard to swallow difficult to believe
41. hazy unclear and uncertain
42. iffy uncertain or questionable
43. implausible hard to believe
44. improbable not likely to be true
45. improper not suitable or acceptable
46. incongruous not fitting the situation
47. inconsistent not matching other facts
48. incredible difficult to believe
49. incredulous unwilling to believe
50. insincere not expressing true feelings
51. irregular not normal or expected
52. leery cautious and distrustful
53. misleading giving a false impression
54. mistrustful not inclined to trust
55. mistrusting feeling distrust toward something
56. murky unclear and possibly dishonest
57. mysterious hard to explain or know
58. not aboveboard not honest or open
59. not right seeming wrong or suspicious
60. odd strange in a concerning way
61. off not quite right
62. ominous suggesting something bad ahead
63. out of line improper or questionable
64. out of place not fitting the setting
65. paranoid overly distrustful or fearful
66. peculiar unusual in a doubtful way
67. phony fake and not genuine
68. plotting secretly planning something harmful
69. questionable open to doubt or suspicion
70. questioning showing doubt or uncertainty
71. red-flagged marked as potentially problematic
72. secretive hiding intentions or information
73. shady seeming dishonest or questionable
74. shifty appearing deceitful or evasive
75. sinister suggesting evil or harm
76. skeptical doubting something is true
77. sly secretive and tricky
78. sneaky secretive and dishonest
79. strange unusual and possibly concerning
80. surreptitious kept secret, especially improperly
81. suspect not to be trusted
82. tainted damaged by dishonesty or doubt
83. tenuous weak and doubtful
84. treacherous dangerous and not trustworthy
85. troubling causing concern or suspicion
86. two-faced insincere and deceitful
87. unbelievable hard to accept as true
88. uncanny strangely unsettling
89. uncertain not sure or convinced
90. unconvincing not believable or persuasive
91. underhanded secretly dishonest or unfair
92. uneasy feeling concern or doubt
93. unnerving making people uneasy or wary
94. unsettling making one feel uneasy
95. untoward unexpected and inappropriate
96. untrustworthy not deserving trust
97. volatile likely to change dangerously
98. wary careful because of possible danger
99. weird strange in a concerning way
100. worrisome causing concern or doubt

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