| Main Entry: | exploration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation; survey |
Synonyms: |
analysis, examination, expedition, inquiry, inspection, probe, reconnaissance, research, scrutiny, search, study, tour, travel, trip |
| Main Entry: | discovery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | finding, uncovering |
Synonyms: |
analysis, ascertainment, authentication, calculation, certification, detection, determination, diagnosis, discernment, disclosure, distinguishing, empiricism, encounter, espial, experimentation, exploration, exposition, exposure, feeling, hearing, identification, introduction, invention, learning, locating, location, origination, perception, revelation, sensing, sighting, strike, unearthing, verification |
Antonyms: |
loss, miss |
| Main Entry: | enquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquest |
Synonyms: |
analysis, examination, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, probe, query, questioning, research, study |
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
Synonyms: |
assay, audit, battery, blue book, breakdown, canvass, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, diagnosis, dissection, exam, experiment, exploration, final, grilling, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, make-up, observation, once-over, oral, perlustration, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, the eye, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written |
| Main Entry: | expedition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey; people on a journey |
Synonyms: |
campaign, caravan, cavalcade, company, crew, crowd, cruise, crusade, enterprise, entrada, excursion, exploration, explorers, fleet, jaunt, junket, mission, outing, party, patrol, peregrination, picnic, posse, quest, safari, squadron, swing, team, tour, travel, travellers, trek, trip, undertaking, voyage, voyagers, wayfarers |
| Main Entry: | hermeneutics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the science of searching for hidden meaning in texts |
Synonyms: |
exegetics, exploration, interpretation, investigation, literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, revealing, unmasking |
| Main Entry: | hike |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | journey by foot |
Synonyms: |
backpack, constitutional, excursion, exploration, march, ramble, tour, traipse, tramp, trek, trip, walk, walkabout |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
Synonyms: |
coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | inquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking; looking into |
Synonyms: |
Q and A, analysis, audit, catechizing, check, cross-examination, delving, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, grilling, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogatory, investigation, legwork, poll, probe, probing, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, quizzing, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon |
| Notes: | a query is a single question; an inquiry (or enquiry) may be a single question or extensive investigation (series of questions) |
Antonyms: |
answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough check |
Synonyms: |
analysis, case, delving, examination, exploration, fact-finding, gander, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, legwork, observation, observing, pike, probe, probing, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, sounding, study, survey, surveying |