Synonyms for search
sɜrtʃsearch

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1. searchverb

   To look thoroughly.

   The police are searching for evidence in his flat.

   Synonyms:
   seek, look for, scour, comb

2. searchverb

   Synonyms:
   comb, scour

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 6 votes

1. search

   A hunt may be either the act of pursuing or the act of seeking, or a combination of the two. A chase or pursuit is after that which is fleeing or departing; a search is for that which is hidden; a hunt may be for that which is either hidden or fleeing; a search is a minute and careful seeking, and is especially applied to a locality; we make a search of or through a house, for an object, in which connection it would be colloquial to say a hunt. Hunt never quite loses its association with field-sports, where it includes both search and chase; the search till the game is hunted out, and the chase till it is hunted down. Figuratively, we speak of literary pursuits, or of the pursuit of knowledge; a search for reasons; the chase of fame or honor; hunt, in figurative use, inclines to the unfavorable sense of inquisition, but with more of dash and aggressiveness; as, a hunt for heresy.

   Synonyms:
   chase, hunt, hunting, inquisition, pursuit

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.9 / 7 votes

1. searchverb

   Synonyms:
   inspect, explore, scrutinize, seek, investigate, inquire

   Antonyms:
   pretermit, disregard, abandon, misinvestigate

2. searchnoun

   Synonyms:
   exploration, pursuit, quest, inquiry

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.4 / 10 votes

1. search, hunt, huntingnoun

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

   Synonyms:
   hunt, hunt club, lookup, hunting

2. searchnoun

   an investigation seeking answers

   "a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing"; "the outcome justified the search"

   Synonyms:
   hunt, lookup, hunting

3. search, lookupnoun

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

   "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"

   Synonyms:
   hunt, lookup, hunting

4. searchnoun

   the examination of alternative hypotheses

   "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"

   Synonyms:
   hunt, lookup, hunting

5. searchverb

   boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas

   "right of search"

   Synonyms:
   hunt, lookup, hunting

6. search, seek, look forverb

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

   "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, anticipate, explore, look, research, essay, try, look to, assay, look for, seek

7. search, lookverb

   search or seek

   "We looked all day and finally found the child in the forest"; "Look elsewhere for the perfect gift!"

   Synonyms:
   count, await, reckon, appear, seek, seem, explore, front, look for, look, depend, bet, attend, research, take care, face, wait, calculate, expect, see

8. research, search, exploreverb

   inquire into

   "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"

   Synonyms:
   seek, explore, look, look for, research

9. searchverb

   subject to a search

   "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"

   Synonyms:
   seek, look for, explore, look, research

Matched Categories

1. • Activity
   • Examine
   • Higher Cognitive Process
   • Investigate
   • Investigation
   • Operation

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1. fossicking

   Submitted by anonymous on June 10, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. searchverb

   Synonyms:
   examine, explore, scrutinize, investigate, overhaul, probe, sift, look into, search into, pry into, peer into

2. searchverb

   Synonyms:
   seek, inquire, mouse, peer, make search, make inquiry

3. searchnoun

   Synonyms:
   examination, inquiry, scrutiny, research, exploration, investigation, quest, pursuit

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. searchnoun

   Synonyms:
   quest, research, pursuit

2. searchverb

   Synonyms:
   examine, explore, hunt, seek, overhaul, rummage, ransack, ferret, scrutinize, probe, sift

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1. List of paraphrases for "search":

   research, quest, recherche, searching, lookup, pursuit, searches, find, finding, seek, prefetch, búsqueda, hunt, searched, investigational, tracing, raided, retrieval, locate, searchable, inst., frisk, inspection, excavation, seeking, recherches, looking, researching

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. SEARCH

   Synonyms:
   Study of the Effectiveness of Additional Reductions in Cholesterol and Homocysteine

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1. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   First you decide to suffer, then search for reasons that justify your suffering!

2. Jim Green:

   Having a scale like this will help us understand where we are in terms of the search for life in particular locations, and in terms of the capabilities of missions and technologies that help us in that quest.

3. The Police Department:

   During the investigation, it was determined Robert Matthew Van Winkle played a role in the burglary and theft. Mr. Van Winkle is currently renovating the residence adjacent to the property in which the items were stolen. A search warrant was obtained and executed in unincorporated Palm Beach County in which several of the stolen items were recovered at a residence under the care and control of Robert Van Winkle.

4. Bonafacio Pauza:

   Whoever it was that called us and said ‘please search the car,' they saved her life.

5. John Milton:

   Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.