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Synonyms for probing
prob·ing
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probingnoun
Synonyms:
exploring, investigating, questioningprobingadjective
Of something that investigates or explores deeply.
He was unsettled by her probing questions.
Synonyms:
investigating, questioning, exploring
Princeton's WordNet
inquisitory, probing, searchingadjective
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
"a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
Synonyms:
searching, trenchant, inquisitoryAntonyms:
uninquiring, uninquisitive
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "probing":
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #3149 | searching | |
| #3252 | poll | |
| #6343 | probe | |
| #7166 | exploring | |
| #10217 | investigating | |
| #13153 | sounding | |
| #13242 | probes | |
| #13327 | questioning | |
| #13551 | probing | |
| #20909 | investigates | |
| #101677 | trenchant |
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They periodically ratchet up the pressure to pressure Taiwan, to pressure the United States and to probe weaknesses, to test our resolve, and probably the proximate cause of the most recent escalation and probing has to do with our sloppy and unfortunate disaster with respect to the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Russian bombers probing U.K. airspace is another reminder of the very serious military challenge that Russia poses us today.
At 1-1 we had a plan to... keep probing but not get caught on the counter-attack, at the end the pressure built and built. We did the right things and made good decisions and were good value for the win.
I was glad that Mark Meadows came out and made that clear this morning, our allies and our adversaries need to know that and understand, because we still have many of those on the latter list that are probing at our vulnerabilities.
It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.
Translations for probing
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- sondeoSpanish
- مشروبات الکلیPersian
- sondageFrench
- sondandoPortuguese
- зондированиеRussian
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