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| Main Entry: | pry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interfere in someone else's business |
| Synonyms: | bug*, ferret out, gape, gaze, hunt, inquire, intrude, investigate, meddle, nose, peek, peep, peer, poke, ransack, reconnoiter, rubberneck*, search, snoop, spy, stare, tap, be a busybody, be all ears, be curious, be inquisitive, be nosy, listen in, poke nose into, tune in on, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | force or break open |
| Synonyms: | disengage, disjoin, divide, elevate, elicit, extort, extract, heave, hoist, jimmy, lever, lift, move, pick up, press, prize, pull, push, raise, rear, separate, take up, tear, tilt, turn, turn out, twist, uplift, wrest, wring, upraise, uprear |
| Antonyms: | close |
| Main Entry: | butt in |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | meddle |
| Synonyms: | barge in, bother, burst in, charge in, chisel in, cut in, disturb, get into the act, interject, interrupt, intrude, muscle in, pester, poke one's face in, pry, put one's two cents in |
| Main Entry: | contemplate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gaze at |
| Synonyms: | audit, behold, consider, examine, eye, inspect, notice, observe, peer, penetrate, peruse, pierce, probe, pry, regard, scan, scrutinize, see, study, survey, view, witness, pore over, stare at |
| Antonyms: | disregard, scorn, look away |
| Main Entry: | eavesdrop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | listen without permission |
| Synonyms: | bug, monitor, pry, snoop, spy, tap, wire, be all ears, bend an ear, ears into, listen in, overhear, tune in on, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
| Main Entry: | enquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask about |
| Synonyms: | analyze, check, examine, explore, go over, inquire, inspect, investigate, look into, probe, pry, query, question, scrutinize, search, seek, seek an answer, want to know |
| Main Entry: | extract |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | physically remove, draw out |
| Synonyms: | bring out, cull, derive, distill, eke out, elicit, eradicate, evoke, exact, express, extirpate, extort, extricate, garner, gather, get, glean, obtain, pick up, pluck, pry, pull, reap, secure, select, separate, siphon, squeeze, take, tear, uproot, withdraw, wrest, wring, yank, avulse, catheterize, evulse, press out, weed out |
| Antonyms: | add, insert, put in |
| Main Entry: | ferret out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search out |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, bring to light*, chase, determine, disclose, discover, elicit, extract, follow, get at*, hunt, learn, penetrate, pierce, probe, pry, pursue, quest, seek, trace, trail, uncover, unearth, be on to, chase down, dig out, dig up, dig up, drive out, hunt down, nose out*, pick up on, root out, root out*, scout out, search out, smell out, smoke out, smoke out, sniff out, track down, worm out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | force |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | use violence upon |
| Synonyms: | assault, blast, break in, burst, defile, extort, jimmy*, propel, pry, push, rape, ravish, spoil, squeeze, thrust, twist, undo, violate, wrench, wrest, wring, break open, bust open, crack open |
| Antonyms: | surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | feel about for |
| Synonyms: | examine, explore, finger*, fish*, flounder, fumble, handle, manipulate, poke, pry, root, search, touch, cast about, feel blindly, grabble, scrabble |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trespass |
| Synonyms: | affect, disturb, encroach, influence, infringe, intrude, invade, meddle, obtrude, pry, touch, violate, bear upon, make inroads |
| Notes: | to impinge is to come into contact or encroach or have an impact; to infringe is to encroach on a right or privilege or to violate |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge |
| Main Entry: | inquire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask; look into |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catechize, examine, explore, go over, grill, hit, inspect, interrogate, investigate, knock, probe, prospect, pry, query, question, roast, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, study, feel out, hit up, request information, seek information, test the waters |
| Antonyms: | answer, respond |
| Main Entry: | investigate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | check into thoroughly |
| Synonyms: | bug, case*, check out, consider, delve, dig, examine, explore, frisk, go into, inquire, inspect, interrogate, look into, poke, probe, prospect, pry, question, read, reconnoiter, research, review, run down, scout, scrutinize, search, sift, spy, study, tap, be all ears, check over, check up, eyeball, feel out, give the once over, inquisite, listen in, look over, look-see, make inquiry, muckrake, nose around, put to the test, stake out, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | ignore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | meddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intervene, interfere |
| Synonyms: | advance, barge in, busybody*, butt in*, encroach, encumber, hinder, horn in, impede, impose, infringe, inquire, interpose, intrude, invade, mess around*, molest, obtrude, pry, snoop*, tamper, trespass, abuse rights, break in on, chime in, come uninvited, crash the gates, dabble in, fool with, interlope, intermeddle, kibitz, mix in, push in, put two cents in, sidewalk-superintend, stick nose in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | avoid, dodge, ignore, stay out of |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | monkey |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fiddle, tamper with |
| Synonyms: | busybody, butt in*, fool, fool around*, horn in, interfere, make*, meddle, mess, play, pry, tinker, trifle, fool with, interlope, intermeddle |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | detect, search |
| Synonyms: | busybody*, examine, inspect, meddle, mouse*, pry, scent, smell, sniff, snoop* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | peer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scan, scrutinize |
| Synonyms: | bore, eagle eye*, eye*, focus, gape, gawk, gaze, glare, gloat, inspect, look, peep, pin*, pry, rubberneck*, snoop, spy, squint, stare, eyeball, get a load of, glim |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break into something closed, locked |
| Synonyms: | crack, dent, force, hit, indent, jimmy, open, pry, strike, break open |
| Main Entry: | poke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interfere, snoop |
| Synonyms: | busybody*, butt in*, intrude, meddle, nose*, peek, pry, tamper |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask for answer |
| Synonyms: | ask about, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, enquire, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill, hit up, hit*, hold out for, inquire, interrogate, interview, investigate, knock*, make inquiry, petition, pick one's brains, probe, pry, pump, put through the wringer, put to the question, query, quest, quiz, raise question, roast*, search, seek, show curiosity, solicit, sound out, sweat it out of, work over |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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