SEARCHING Synonyms

• the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

• the act of searching visually

• appearing to be as specified; usually used as combining forms

• diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

• moving over territory to search for something

• the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water

• the act of searching for something

• an attempt to acquire or gain something

• consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

• observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

• question or examine thoroughly and closely

• question closely

• put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

• inquire into

• travel to or penetrate into

• inquire into a subject in detail

• examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

• a jumble of things to be given away

• a thorough search for something (often causing disorder or confusion)

• search haphazardly

• to look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail

• examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

• the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

• try to get or reach

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

• make an effort or attempt

• go to or towards

• inquire for

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

• be excited or anxious about

• a flat device with narrow pointed teeth on one edge; disentangles or arranges hair

• the fleshy red crest on the head of the domestic fowl and other gallinaceous birds

• any of several tools for straightening fibers

• ciliated comb-like swimming plate of a ctenophore

• the act of drawing a comb through hair

• straighten with a comb

• search thoroughly

• smoothen and neaten with or as with a comb

• inquire into

• travel to or penetrate into

• inquire into a subject in detail

• examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes

• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

• Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

• an instance of searching for something

• United States architect (1827-1895)

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

• British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• chase away, with as with force

• yaw back and forth about a flight path

• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

• seek, search for

• search (an area) for prey

• the feelings expressed on a person's face

• the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; look

• physical appearance

• the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people

• perceive with attention; direct one's gaze towards; look

• give a certain impression of being something or having a certain aspect

• to physically appear a certain way to another individual or group

• search or seek

• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to

• take charge of or deal with

• convey by one's expression

• look forward to the probable occurrence of

• accord in appearance with

• have faith or confidence in

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

• systematic investigation to establish facts

• a search for knowledge

• attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

• inquire into

• a place that is scoured (especially by running water)

• examine minutely

• clean with hard rubbing

• rub hard or scrub

• rinse, clean, or empty with a liquid