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probes - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | probe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
| Synonyms: | detection, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree, delving, legwork, probing |
| Main Entry: | probe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explore, investigate |
| Synonyms: | ask, catechize, check, check out, dig, examine, eye, go into, inquire, interrogate, look into, penetrate, pierce, poke, prod, prospect, query, quiz, scrutinize, search, sift, sound, study, test, verify, check over, check up, delve into, feel around, feel out, look-see, put out a feeler, sound out, test the waters |
| Main Entry: | check |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inspect, examine |
| Synonyms: | analyze, ascertain, audit, candle, case, compare, confirm, correct, count, find out, frisk, go through, investigate, monitor, note, overlook, probe, prove, quiz, review, scrutinize, study, tell, test, try, verify, balance account, enquire about, eyeball, keep account, look at, look over, look see, make sure, scout out, take stock |
| Main Entry: | comb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | search by ransacking |
| Synonyms: | beat, beat the bushes*, examine, forage, grub, hunt, inspect, investigate, probe, rake, ransack, rummage, scour, screen, scrutinize, sift, sweep, finecomb, go through with fine-tooth comb, leave no stone unturned, look high and low, search high heaven, turn inside out, turn upside down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | criticize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, interpret |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assess, evaluate, examine, judge, probe, review, scrutinize, study, comment upon, give opinion, pass judgment on |
| Antonyms: | estimate, guess, suppose |
| Main Entry: | debrief |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
| Synonyms: | cross-examine, examine, grill, interrogate, interview, investigate, probe, quiz, ask questions, gather intelligence, give the third degree, put through the wringer, work over |
| Main Entry: | delve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dig into task, action |
| Synonyms: | burrow, dig, dredge, examine, excavate, explore, ferret out*, go into, inquire, investigate, look into, probe, prospect, ransack, research, rummage, search, seek, shovel, sift, spade, unearth, gouge out, jump into, leave no stone unturned, really get into, scoop out, trowel, turn inside out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delve into; hollow out |
| Synonyms: | bore, break up, bulldoze, burrow, cat, channel, clean, concave, deepen, depress, discover, dredge, drill, drive, enter, excavate, exhume, go into, gouge, grub, harvest, investigate, mine, penetrate, pierce, pit, probe, produce, quarry, root, rout, sap, scoop, search, shovel, sift, spade, till, tunnel, turn over, uncover, undermine, unearth, dig down, fork out, hoe, root out, scoop out |
| Antonyms: | fill |
| Main Entry: | dig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; discover |
| Synonyms: | bring to light*, come across, come up with, delve, expose, extricate, find, go into, inquire, look into, probe, prospect, research, retrieve, root, search, sift*, uncover, unearth, dig down, search high and low, shake down*, turn inside out, turn upside down |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | enquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inquest |
| Synonyms: | analysis, examination, exploration, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, probe, query, questioning, research, study |
| Main Entry: | enter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come, put into a place |
| Synonyms: | access, arrive, barge in*, break in, butt in*, come in, crack, crawl, creep, drop in, get in, horn in, immigrate, infiltrate, ingress, insert, insinuate, introduce, intrude, invade, penetrate, pierce, probe, slip, sneak, wriggle, blow in*, breeze in, burst in, bust in, crowd in, drive in, fall into, gain entrée, go in, jump in, make an entrance, make way, move in, pass into, pile in, pop in*, rush in, set foot in, work in, worm in |
| Antonyms: | depart, exit, go, leave, withdraw |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | test, analysis |
| Synonyms: | assay, audit, battery, breakdown, canvass, diagnosis, dissection, experiment, exploration, final, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, observation, once-over*, oral, perusal, probe, quest, questioning, questionnaire, quiz, raid, reconnaissance, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial, tryout, view, written, blue book, catechism, checking, checkup, cross-examination, exam, grilling, legwork, make-up, perlustration, the eye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | examination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | medical checkup |
| Synonyms: | autopsy, inquiry, observation, physical, probe, test, biopsy, exam, postoperative |
| Main Entry: | examine |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | analyze, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, audit, canvass, case, check, check out, consider, criticize, explore, eye*, finger*, frisk, go into, go over, go through, gun*, inquire, inspect, investigate, peruse, ponder, probe, prospect, prove, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, screen, scrutinize, sift, study, survey, sweep, try, turn over*, view, weigh, winnow*, chew over, delve into, dig into, look over, look see, parse, pat down, pick at, pore over, scrutinate, search into, size up*, take stock of, vet |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation, test |
| Synonyms: | agreement, analysis, assay, attempt, check, dissection, dry run*, enterprise, essay, examination, exercise, fling*, measure, observation, operation, practice, probe, procedure, proof, quiz, rehearsal, research, scrutiny, search, speculation, study, trial, trial and error*, trial run*, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, verification, R and D, experimentation, research and development, try-on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | experiment |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate, test |
| Synonyms: | analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, mess around*, probe, prove, research, sample, scrutinize, search, speculate, study, try, try on, venture, verify, weigh, fool with, futz around, play around with, practice with, put to the test, shake down*, try on for size, try out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | explore |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | investigate; survey |
| Synonyms: | analyze, burrow, examine, go into*, hunt, inspect, look into, probe, prospect, question, research, scout, scrutinize, search, seek, sift, test, tour, travel, traverse, try, delve into, dig into, have a look, inquire into, leave no stone unturned, reconnoitre, turn inside out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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