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Spell Bee Word: suspicion


Basic Details

Word: Suspicion

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: A feeling that something is wrong, or that someone has done something bad, without being sure.

Synonyms: doubt, mistrust, distrust

Antonyms: trust

How to Spell Suspicion

Syllables: sus - pi - cion

Tricky part: The shun sound at the end is spelt cion, which is rare. Students often write tion or sion.

Watch out for: suspision, suspician, suspiscion

Memory tip: Suspicious and suspicion share the same c: suspi-C-ious, suspi-C-ion. Spell one and you can spell the other.

Usage Examples

Example 1: I had a suspicion that my brother had eaten the last ladoo.

Example 2: The detective's suspicion fell on the gardener.

Example 3: Her quiet smile raised our suspicion that she had a surprise for us.

Fun Fact

Suspicion and suspect both come from the Latin suspicere, which meant to look up at and later to look at with mistrust.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The guard looked at the stranger with suspision and asked to see his ticket.

a) stranger
b) guard
c) ticket
d) suspision

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d) suspision. The shun at the end is written cion, as in suspicious.

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word: suspicion

a) belief
b) trust
c) doubt
d) comfort

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c) doubt. Doubt is the uneasy feeling of not being sure, which is what suspicion is.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

pisunicos

a) suspicious
b) musician
c) suspicion
d) suspension

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c) suspicion. Nine letters with two i's and no e or second u: that spells suspicion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which adjective is formed from suspicion?

a) suspicionful
b) suspicious
c) suspected
d) suspend

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b) suspicious

2. When might a teacher have a suspicion?

a) when the sun rises
b) when the bell rings
c) when two answer sheets look exactly alike
d) when a student says good morning

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c) when two answer sheets look exactly alike

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