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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | scrutinize, take stock of |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, assess, canvass, case, check, check out, check over, check up, contemplate, estimate, evaluate, examine, give the once over, inspect, look over, look upon, measure, observe, overlook, oversee, plan, plot, prospect, rate, read, reconnoiter, research, review, scan, scope, set at, size, size up, stake out, study, summarize, superintend, supervise, test the waters, valuate, value, view |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
| Main Entry: | treat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave towards |
| Synonyms: | account, act with regard to, appraise, conduct, conduct oneself toward, consider, deal with*, employ, estimate, evaluate, handle, have business with, have recourse to, have to do with, hold, look upon, manage, negotiate, play, rate, react toward, regard, respect, serve, take, use, value, wield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | try |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | experiment, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, assay, check, check out, evaluate, examine, inspect, investigate, judge, prove, put to the proof, put to the test, sample, scrutinize, taste, try out, weigh |
| Notes: | an endeavor is a purposeful or industrious undertaking that requires effort; try is an attempt or effort |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | try on/try out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate, test |
| Synonyms: | appraise, audition, check out, demonstrate, experiment, fit, give a try, have a dry run, have a fitting, inspect, practice, probe, prove, put into practice, put to the test, sample, scrutinize, taste, try for size, wear |
| Antonyms: | abstain |
| Main Entry: | weigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | consider, contemplate |
| Synonyms: | analyze, appraise, balance, brainstorm*, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, excogitate, give thought to, hash over, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, ponder, rate, reflect upon, rehash, sort out, study, sweat*, think about, think out, think over, track |
| Antonyms: | ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | check out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine |
| Synonyms: | appraise, inspect, investigate, verify |
| Main Entry: | try on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evaluate |
| Synonyms: | appraise, audition, check out, demonstrate, experiment, fit, inspect, practice, probe, prove, sample, scrutinize, taste, test, try out, wear |
| Main Entry: | ratiocinate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | think |
| Synonyms: | analyze, appraise, appreciate, brood, cerebrate, cogitate, comprehend, conceive, consider, deduce, deliberate, estimate, evaluate, examine, figure out*, have in mind, ideate, imagine, infer, intellectualize, judge, logicalize, meditate, mull, mull over, muse, ponder, put on one's thinking cap, rack one's brains, rationalize, reason, reflect, resolve, revolve, ruminate, sort out, speculate, stew, stop to consider, study, take under consideration, turn over, use one's head, use one's head, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | valuate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | estimate |
| Synonyms: | account, appraise, assay, assess, believe, budget, calculate, calculate roughly, cast, cipher, class, classify, compute, conjecture, consider, count*, decide, deduce, determine, enumerate, evaluate, examine, expect, figure, form opinion, gauge, guess, guesstimate, judge, look into, look upon, number, outline, plan, predict, prophesy, rank*, rate, reason, reckon, regard, run over, scheme, set a figure, size up, sum, suppose, surmise, suspect, take the measure of, tax, think, think through, value |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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