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Synonyms for searching
ˈsɜr tʃɪŋsearch·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
searching
An inquisitive person is one who is bent on finding out all that can be found out by inquiry, especially of little and personal matters, and hence is generally meddlesome and prying. Inquisitive may be used in a good sense, tho in such connection inquiring is to be preferred; as, an inquiring mind. As applied to a state of mind, curious denotes a keen and rather pleasurable desire to know fully something to which one's attention has been called, but without the active tendency that inquisitive implies; a well-bred person may be curious to know, but will not be inquisitive in trying to ascertain, what is of interest in the affairs of another.
Synonyms:
curious, inquiring, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, peeping, prying, scrutinizingAntonyms:
apathetic, careless, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterestedPreposition:
Inquisitive about, concerning, in regard to, regarding trifles.
Princeton's WordNet
inquisitory, probing, searchingadjective
diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation
"a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"
Synonyms:
probing, trenchant, inquisitoryAntonyms:
uninquisitive, unexploratory, unintelligent, unexplorative, nonexplorative, uninquiring, nonexploratory, stupidsearching, trenchantadjective
having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect
"searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"
Synonyms:
hard-hitting, distinct, probing, trenchant, inquisitory, clear-cutAntonyms:
nonexploratory, uninquiring, stupid, unexplorative, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unintelligent, uninquisitivesearchingadjective
exploring thoroughly
Synonyms:
probing, trenchant, inquisitoryAntonyms:
unexplorative, nonexplorative, uninquiring, unintelligent, stupid, nonexploratory, uninquisitive, unexploratory
Editors Contribution
scouring
Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019
Dictionary of English Synonymes
searchingadjective
Synonyms:
penetrating, tryingsearchingadjective
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#41 | search | |
#192 | research | |
#517 | looking | |
#1427 | searches | |
#2176 | finding | |
#2825 | seeking | |
#3149 | searching | |
#4737 | quest | |
#6028 | distinct | |
#7013 | curious | |
#13551 | probing | |
#26185 | intrusive | |
#33398 | inquiring | |
#34351 | peeping | |
#47076 | inquisitive | |
#51813 | meddling | |
#54996 | prying | |
#56137 | combing | |
#75840 | scrutinizing | |
#101677 | trenchant | |
#187765 | meddlesome |
How to use searching in a sentence?
I was doing a lot of soul searching about whether or not I should have agreed to even make the change in the document, clearly, it was a directive, but that was a real struggle as I felt like what had been done was not good public health practice.
Real Live Preacher, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, February 13, 2004:
I'm searching through all that has ever been hoped, in praise of what can never be known.
It was a period for him of intense searching and frustration, it’s just devastating.
It's very frustrating and scary, i've been searching for it in towns three hours away from where I live. Why can't I just go into a store and be able to buy formula ?
Both real people and trolls are capitalizing on that mistrust to push conspiracy theories out to vulnerable audiences, this isn't just happening on Twitter. This is happening on Facebook, and this is happening on YouTube, where searching for vaccine information on social media returns a majority of anti-vaccine propaganda.
Translations for searching
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- البحثArabic
- buscandoSpanish
- ricercaItalian
- procurandoPortuguese
- تلاشUrdu
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