| Main Entry: | reconnaissance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection |
Synonyms: |
exploration, investigation, maneuvers, probe, recon, reconnoiter, review, scan, scrutiny, search, surveillance, survey |
| Main Entry: | espionage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spying |
Synonyms: |
intelligence, reconnaissance, secret service, shadowing, tailing, undercover operations, undercover work, underground activities |
| 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: | 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: | foray |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incursion, attempt |
Synonyms: |
attack, depredation, descent, inroad, invasion, irruption, raid, reconnaissance, sally, sortie |
Antonyms: |
abstention, idleness, laziness |
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
Synonyms: |
coursing, exploration, field sport, following, frisking, game, hounding, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, look-see, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sifting, snooping, sporting, steeplechase, study, tracing, trailing |
| Main Entry: | judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision about blame |
Synonyms: |
analysis, appraisal, appreciation, arbitration, assaying, assessment, award, belief, close study, conclusion, contemplation, conviction, decree, deduction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, examination, exploration, finding, idea, inference, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, opinion, order, probing, pursuit, quest, reconnaissance, regard, report, research, resolution, result, review, ruling, scrutiny, search, sentence, sifting, summary, verdict, view, weigh-in |
| Notes: | judgment is the U.S. preferred spelling while judgement is the British preferred spelling |
Antonyms: |
indecision |
| Main Entry: | look |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | visual examination |
Synonyms: |
attention, beholding, case, cast, contemplation, evil eye, eye*, flash, gander, gaze, glance, glimpse, gun, inspection, introspection, keeping watch, leer, look-see, marking, noticing, observation, once-over, peek, reconnaissance, regard, regarding, review, scrutiny, sight, slant, speculation, squint, stare, surveillance, survey, swivel, view, viewing |
Antonyms: |
disregard, ignorance |
| Main Entry: | raid |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | attack, seizure |
Synonyms: |
arrest, assault, break-in, bust, capture, descent, foray, forced entrance, hit-and-run, incursion, inroad, invasion, irruption, onset, onslaught, pull, reconnaissance, roundup, sally, shootup, sortie, surprise attack, sweep, tipover |