Synonyms for scan
skænscan

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scan

   To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

   Synonyms:
   behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, glance, inspect, look, regard, see, stare, survey, view, watch

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. scannoun

   the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region

   "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

2. scan, CAT scanverb

   an image produced by scanning

   "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

3. scanverb

   examine minutely or intensely

   "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

4. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb

   examine hastily

   "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

   Synonyms:
   plane, run over, conk out, play out, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, run down, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tire

5. scanverb

   make a wide, sweeping search of

   "The beams scanned the night sky"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

6. scanverb

   conform to a metrical pattern

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

7. scanverb

   move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

8. scanverb

   read metrically

   "scan verses"

   Synonyms:
   skim, rake, read, run down, glance over

9. read, scanverb

   obtain data from magnetic tapes

   "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

   Synonyms:
   take, run down, glance over, translate, say, study, show, skim, understand, register, learn, rake, read, record, interpret

Matched Categories

1. • Conform
   • Examination
   • Examine
   • Move
   • Poetry
   • Recite
   • Search

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scanverb

   Synonyms:
   recite metrically, divide into feet

2. scanverb

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, examine, investigate, sift, inquire into, look into

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "scan":

   hcan, scanning, scanner, exploration, digitization, digitize, analysis, browsing, sweep, digitisation, unspsc, wiping, digitalization, c.t., digitise, digitizing, scans, scanners, scavenge, navigation, digitising, wipe, scanned

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How to use scan in a sentence?

1. Alexander Pope:

   Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man.

2. Sanjay Gupta:

   I don't want to suggest that everyone who hits their head needs to go get a [ computed tomography also known as a CT or CAT) ] scan, most do not need that obviously. But if it's a significant blow, you're on blood thinners... and again those symptoms : worsening headaches, confusion, nausea, vomiting, slurring of speech, things like that are unusual. You should definitely go get that checked out.

3. Nancy Pelosi:

   We talk about technology. Several hundred million dollars for the technology to scan the cars coming through the ports of entry and that is to detect guns, its like an electronic dog almost to detect drugs, guns and contraband.

4. Bella Hadid:

   People think I got all this surgery or did this or that, and you know what? We can do a scan of my face, darling.

5. May Nour:

   One stop shop. We can do labs, we can do CT scan, physician evaluation and we can give the medications, we don’t wait for transport time. We don’t wait for the patient to get to the hospital. We get to them and treat them in the most expedient way possible.