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| Main Entry: | query |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | demand for answers |
| Synonyms: | concern, doubt, dubiety, inquiry, interrogation, mistrust, objection, problem, question, questioning, reservation, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty, interrogatory |
| Notes: | a query is a single question; an inquiry (or enquiry) may be a single question or extensive investigation (series of questions) a query differs from a question in that it suggests a reservation or disagreement |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | query |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask |
| Synonyms: | catechize, challenge, disbelieve, dispute, distrust, doubt, enquire, examine, impeach, impugn, inquire, interrogate, knock, mistrust, quiz, suspect, hit up, put out a feeler question*, test the waters |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | catechize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | instruct and question |
| Synonyms: | ask, cross-examine, drill, educate, examine, grill, inquire, interrogate, query, quiz, teach, train |
| Antonyms: | answer, listen |
| Main Entry: | challenge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispute, question |
| Synonyms: | accost, arouse, assert, beard, brave, call for, claim, confront, cross, dare, defy, demand, denounce, exact, face the music*, impeach, impose, impugn, inquire, investigate, provoke, query, reclaim, require, stimulate, summon, tax, test, throw down the gauntlet*, try, vindicate, ask for, call out, face down, face off, fly in the face of, hang in, insist upon, invite competition, make a point of, make a stand, object to, search out, stand up to, stick it out |
| Antonyms: | agreement, answer, decision, victory |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | doubt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lack confidence in; question |
| Synonyms: | challenge, demur, disbelieve, discredit, dispute, distrust, fear, fluctuate, hesitate, imagine, impugn, insinuate, mistrust, query, scruple, shilly-shally*, surmise, suspect, vacillate, waver, be apprehensive of, be curious, be dubious, be in a quandary, be puzzled, be uncertain, be undetermined, call in question, give no credence, harbor suspicion, have qualms, misdoubt, misgive, not buy, read differently, skepticize, smell a rat, take dim view of, wonder at |
| Antonyms: | believe, rely, trust, be certain, not question |
* = 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: | impeach |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | denounce, censure |
| Synonyms: | accuse, arraign, blame, call into question, call to account, challenge, charge, criticize, discredit, disparage, impugn, incriminate, inculpate, indict, query, question, reprehend, reprimand, reprobate, tax, try, bring charges against, cast aspersions on, cast doubt on, criminate, hold at fault |
| Antonyms: | elect |
| 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: | 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: | interrogate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ask pointed questions |
| Synonyms: | catechize, cross-examine, examine, go over*, grill, inquire, investigate, pump, query, question, quiz, roast*, cross-question, give the third degree, put the screws to, put through the wringer, sweat out*, work over |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | quiz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
| Synonyms: | ask, catechize, check, cross-examine, examine, give the third degree, grill*, inquire, interrogate, investigate, pick one's brains, pump*, query, test |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | solicit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plead for; try to sell |
| Synonyms: | accost, apply, approach, ask, beg, beseech, bespeak, bum, cadge, call, canvass, challenge, claim, crave, demand, desire, drum*, drum up*, entreat, exact, go, hawk, hustle, implore, importune, inquire, mooch, panhandle, peddle, petition, postulate, pray, promote, proposition, query, question, refer, request, require, requisition, resort, seduce, seek, sponge, steer, supplicate, touch, tout, turn, come on to, hit on*, hit up, pass the hat, sue for, whistle for |
| Antonyms: | disapprove, refuse, reject |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncertainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt, changeableness |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, ambivalence, anxiety, bewilderment, concern, confusion, conjecture, contingency, dilemma, disquiet, distrust, dubiety, hesitancy, hesitation, incertitude, indecision, misgiving, mistrust, oscillation, puzzle, qualm, quandary, query, reserve, scruple, skepticism, suspicion, trouble, uneasiness, vagueness, wonder, worry, doubtfulness, guesswork, inconclusiveness, irresolution, lack of confidence, mystification, perplexity, puzzlement, questionableness, unpredictability |
| Antonyms: | certainty, security, definiteness, sureness |
| Main Entry: | ask |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | question |
| Synonyms: | buzz*, canvass, catechize, challenge, cross-examine, demand, direct, enjoin, examine, give the third degree, go over, grill*, hit*, hunt for, inquire, institute, interrogate, investigate, needle*, pick one's brains, pop the question*, pry into, pump, put the screws to, put through the wringer, query, quiz, request, roast*, sweat* |
| Antonyms: | answer, claim, command, insist, reply, repudiate, tell |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | question |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking for answer |
| Synonyms: | examination, inquest, inquiring, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, poll, query, questioning, third degree, Q and A, catechism, interrogatory, wringer |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| 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
| Main Entry: | wonder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | doubt; ponder |
| Synonyms: | conjecture, disbelieve, inquire, meditate, puzzle, query, question, speculate, think, ask oneself, be curious, be inquisitive |
| Antonyms: | believe, know |
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