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| Main Entry: | scrutiny |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | close examination |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, eagle eye*, exploration, inquiry, inspection, investigation, perusal, review, scan, search, study, surveillance, survey, tab*, view, close-up, long hard look, perlustration, sifting, the eye |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | audit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection of financial records |
| Synonyms: | analysis, check, examination, investigation, report, review, scrutiny, survey, verification, view, balancing, checking |
| Main Entry: | diagnosis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | identification of problem, disease |
| Synonyms: | analysis, conclusion, examination, interpretation, investigation, opinion, pronouncement, scrutiny, summary |
| Notes: | a diagnosis is the process of identifying or determining the nature of a diseased condition or the conclusion reached; a prognosis is a prediction of the probable course of a disease or likely outcome of a problem |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, canvass, colloquy, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow*, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, argumentation, confabulation, excursus, groupthink, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
* = 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: | 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: | gaze |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | long, fixed stare |
| Synonyms: | glaring, gun*, look, peek, peep, scrutiny, seeing, survey, watching, fish eye, looking, ogling, rubbernecking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hunt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, chase |
| Synonyms: | exploration, following, game, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sporting, study, trailing, coursing, field sport, frisking, hounding, look-see, pursuance, sifting, snooping, steeplechase, tracing |
| 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: | inspection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, check |
| Synonyms: | analysis, frisk, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inventory, investigation, once-over*, pageant, parade, probe, read, research, review, scan, scrutiny, search, supervision, surveillance, survey, view, checkup, look-over, maneuvers, perlustration, superintendence |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | introspection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | self-analysis |
| Synonyms: | contemplation, deep thought, egoism, meditation, reflection, scrutiny, soul-searching, brooding, heart-searching, introversion, rumination, self-absorption, self-examination, self-observation, self-questioning |
| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough check |
| Synonyms: | analysis, case, examination, exploration, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, observing, pike, probe, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, study, survey, delving, fact-finding, gander, legwork, probing, sounding, surveying |
| Main Entry: | overview |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | survey |
| Synonyms: | analysis, audit, critique, examination, inquiry, inspection, outline, précis, review, scrutiny, sketch, study, syllabus, synopsis, thumbnail, view, aperçu, capsulization, pandect |
| 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: | reading |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interpretation of written word |
| Synonyms: | account, commentary, conception, construction, edification, education, erudition, examination, grasp, impression, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, perusal, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, understanding, version, book-learning, rendering |
| Antonyms: | writing |
| Main Entry: | reconnaissance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inspection |
| Synonyms: | exploration, investigation, probe, reconnoiter, review, scan, scrutiny, search, surveillance, survey, maneuvers, recon |
| Main Entry: | research |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | examination, study |
| Synonyms: | analysis, exploration, fishing expedition, groundwork, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, probe, quest, scrutiny, R and D, delving, experimentation, fact-finding, legwork, probing |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seeking to find something |
| Synonyms: | chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown*, wild-goose chase*, witch hunt*, frisking, going-over, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance |
| Antonyms: | finding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | learning, analysis |
| Synonyms: | abstraction, application, attention, class, cogitation, comparison, concentration, consideration, contemplation, course, debate, deliberation, examination, exercise, inquiry, inspection, investigation, lesson, meditation, muse, musing, questioning, reading, reasoning, reflection, research, reverie, review, scrutiny, subject, survey, thought, trance, weighing, academic work, analyzing, cramming, memorizing, pondering, rumination, schoolwork |
| Main Entry: | surveillance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | close observation, following |
| Synonyms: | bug*, care, control, direction, eagle eye*, examination, eye, inspection, lookout, scrutiny, spying, supervision, tab*, tail*, tap*, track*, vigil, vigilance, watch, body mike, bugging, peeled eye, stakeout, superintendence, surveyance, wiretap |
| Antonyms: | indifference, unobservance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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