| Main Entry: | constitutional |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | walk |
Synonyms: |
airing, ambulation, footwork, legwork, perambulation, ramble, saunter, stroll, turn, walk |
| 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: | 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 |
| Main Entry: | probe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
Synonyms: |
delving, detection, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, legwork, probing, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree |
| Main Entry: | research |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, study |
Synonyms: |
R and D, analysis, delving, experimentation, exploration, fact-finding, fishing expedition, groundwork, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, legwork, probe, probing, quest, scrutiny |
Antonyms: |
ignorance |
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seeking to find something |
Synonyms: |
chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, frisking, going-over, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown, wild-goose chase, witch hunt |
Antonyms: |
finding |
| Main Entry: | interrogatory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquiry |
Synonyms: |
Q and A, analysis, audit, catechizing, check, cross-examination, delving, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, grilling, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, legwork, poll, probe, probing, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, quizzing, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon |
| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
Related
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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