search - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

an investigation seeking answers

Synonyms

• search

More generic

• investigating
• investigation

Noun

boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

Synonyms

• search

More generic

• examination
• scrutiny

Noun

the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

Synonyms

• hunt
• hunting
• search

More generic

• activity

More specific

• exploration
• forage
• foraging
• frisk
• frisking
• looking
• looking for
• manhunt
• quest
• ransacking
• rummage
• scouring
• seeking
• shakedown

Noun

the examination of alternative hypotheses

Synonyms

• search

More generic

• higher cognitive process

More specific

• hunt
• pursuance
• pursuit
• quest

Noun

an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property

Synonyms

• lookup
• search

More generic

• operation

Verb

inquire into

Synonyms

• explore
• research
• search

More generic

• investigate
• look into

More specific

• beat about
• cast about
• cast around
• google
• mapquest
• prospect
• re-explore

Verb

try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

Synonyms

• look for
• search
• seek

More specific

• angle
• browse
• divine
• drag
• dredge
• feel
• finger
• fish
• fumble
• gather
• go after
• grope
• grub
• hunt
• leave no stone unturned
• pursue
• quest after
• quest for
• scour
• seek out
• shop
• surf
• want

Verb

subject to a search

Synonyms

• search

More generic

• examine
• see

More specific

• comb
• frisk
• go
• raid
• ransack
• rifle
• rummage
• scan
• strip-search

Verb

search or seek

Synonyms

• look
• search

More generic

• examine
• see

More specific

• cruise
• horn in
• hunt
• intrude
• nose
• poke
• prospect
• pry

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