Synonyms for research
rɪˈsɜrtʃ, ˈri sɜrtʃre·search

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1. researchnoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, exploration, examination, study, researches, inquiry, scrutiny

2. researchnoun

   To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

   Synonyms:
   investigation, researches, exploration, examination, study, inquiry, scrutiny

3. researchverb

   To make an extensive investigation into.

   Synonyms:
   scrutiny, examination, study, inquiry, investigation, exploration, researches

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. research

   Synonyms:
   investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination, exploration, learning, lore, discovery, elaboration, elimination

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, superficiality, sciolism, misinvestigation, shallowness, oversight, inobservance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

1. researchnoun

   systematic investigation to establish facts

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, inquiry

2. inquiry, enquiry, researchverb

   a search for knowledge

   "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query, question

3. researchverb

   attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

   "The student researched the history of that word"

   Synonyms:
   search, explore

4. 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, search, explore, look, look for

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. researchnoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination, exploration, study, careful search

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1. List of paraphrases for "research":

   search, investigation, study, investigations, recherche, studies, inquiry, searches, searching, researches, investigative, recherches, researching, investigational, researchers, quest, ricerca, r, investigación, studying, finding, investigaciones, forschung, looking, retrieval, fact-finding, researcher, investigatorship, investigate, enquiry, seeking, pursuit, investigating, pesquisa, studied, examine, onderzoek, investigatory, research-based, inquiries

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1. John Hennessy:

   The time has come to return to what brought me to Stanford - teaching and research.

2. Salvador Jorgensen:

   What we’ve learned through the progression of our research is that this mid-water layer is extremely important for white sharks.

3. Mark Durkan:

   Up to now, we knew there was a substantial 17th century settlement in the fields around Dunluce, what we are now beginning to uncover are traces of earlier and extensive late medieval settlement activity, which are equally as important as the remains of the 17th century Dunluce Town. This provides an exciting new avenue of research to explore as part of our future investigations at Dunluce.

4. Democratic Representative Rosa DeLauro:

   Pfizer built their business on the back of our research and development tax incentives, our federally supported medical research, our skilled workforce, and our infrastructure, we cannot continue to allow Pfizer and other corporations to pretend that they are American while reaping the benefits this country has to offer, yet claiming to be another nationality when the tax bill comes.

5. Emad Shahin:

   The situation that Egypt is currently going through is important to many academic and research fields, being unable to study these first hand is a great loss.