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| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough check |
| Synonyms: | analysis, case, examination, exploration, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, observing, pike, probe, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, study, survey, delving, fact-finding, gander, legwork, probing, sounding, surveying |
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| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
agape, all-searching, analytic, burning with curiosity, catechetical, curious, disquisitionary, doubtful, erotetic, ichneutic, in course of inquiry, in dispute, in full cry, in hot pursuit, in issue, in pursuit, in quest of, in question, in search of, inexorable, inquiring, inquisitive, inquisitorial, interrogative, maieutic, moot, nonplussed, on the lookout for, on the scent, overcurious, peery, perquesting, proposed, prying, pursuing, pysmatic, pytacorian, quizzable, quizzacious, quizzatorial, quizzical, requisitive, requisitory, rogatory, undecided, under consideration, under discussion, under investigation, undetermined, untried, zetetic
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| Main Entry: | assay |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | analysis |
| Synonyms: | appraisal, assessment, estimation, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, measurement, rating, survey, test, trial, valuation |
| Main Entry: | audit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection of financial records |
| Synonyms: | analysis, check, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verification, view, balancing, checking |
| Main Entry: | diagnosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification of problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analysis, conclusion, examination, interpretation, investigation, opinion, pronouncement, scrutiny, summary |
| Notes: | a diagnosis is the process of identifying or determining the nature of a diseased condition or the conclusion reached; a prognosis is a prediction of the probable course of a disease or likely outcome of a problem |
| 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: | hermeneutics |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the science of searching for hidden meaning in texts |
| Synonyms: | exploration, interpretation, investigation, exegetics, literary criticism, psychoanalytic criticism, revealing, unmasking |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | exploration, following, game, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sporting, study, trailing, coursing, field sport, frisking, hounding, look-see, pursuance, sifting, snooping, steeplechase, tracing |
| Main Entry: | inquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking; looking into |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, check, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, poll, probe, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon*, Q and A, catechizing, cross-examination, delving, grilling, interrogatory, legwork, probing, quizzing |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inspection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, check |
| Synonyms: | analysis, frisk, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inventory, investigation, once-over*, pageant, parade, probe, read, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, supervision, surveillance, survey, view, checkup, look-over, maneuvers, perlustration, superintendence |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, exploration |
| Synonyms: | adventure, chase, crusade, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, prey, probe, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage, delving, pilgrimmage, probing, pursual |
| Main Entry: | quiz |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning, often in an organized academic setting |
| Synonyms: | check, examination, investigation, query, test, blue book, exam, shotgun |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | reconnaissance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection |
| Synonyms: | exploration, investigation, probe, reconnoiter, review, scan, scrutiny, search, surveillance, survey, maneuvers, recon |
| Main Entry: | research |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, study |
| Synonyms: | analysis, exploration, fishing expedition, groundwork, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probe, quest, scrutiny, R and D, delving, experimentation, fact-finding, legwork, probing |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | scrutiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | close examination |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, eagle eye*, exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, review, scan, search, study, surveillance, survey, tab*, view, close-up, long hard look, perlustration, sifting, the eye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seeking to find something |
| Synonyms: | chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown*, wild-goose chase*, witch hunt*, frisking, going-over, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance |
| Antonyms: | finding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
| Main Entry: | test |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, quiz |
| Synonyms: | analysis, approval, assessment, attempt, check, confirmation, countdown, criterion, dry run*, elimination, essay, evaluation, experiment, final, fling*, go*, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lick*, oral*, ordeal, preliminary, probation, proof, questionnaire, scrutiny, search, shibboleth, standard, substantiation, touchstone*, trial, trial and error*, trial run, try, tryout, verification, yardstick*, blue book, catechism, comp, corroboration, exam, pop quiz, probing |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | official inquiry |
| Synonyms: | inquiry, interrogation, investigation, third degree, trial, cross-examination |
| Main Entry: | interrogation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | questioning |
| Synonyms: | examination, inquiry, investigation, cross-examination |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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