diagnose

Main Entry:
diagnose [dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz, dahy-uhg-nohs, -nohz]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: identify problem, disease
Synonyms: analyze, determinate, determine, diagnosticate, distinguish, interpret, investigate, pinpoint, place, pronounce, recognize, spot
Antonyms: misdiagnose
Main Entry: experiment
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: investigate, test
Synonyms: analyze, assay, diagnose, examine, explore, fool with, futz around, mess around, play around with, practice with, probe, prove, put to the test, research, sample, scrutinize, search, shake down, speculate, study, try, try on, try on for size, try out, venture, verify, weigh
Main Entry: identify
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: recognize; label
Synonyms: analyze, button down, card, catalog, classify, describe, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, establish, find, make out, name, peg, pick out, pinpoint, place, put one's finger on, select, separate, single out, spot, tab, tag*
Antonyms: confuse, mistake
Main Entry: pinpoint
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: define, locate
Synonyms: determinate, diagnose, distinguish, finger*, get a fix on, home in on, identify, place, recognize, spot
Antonyms: be ambiguous, lose
Main Entry: place
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: identify, recognize
Synonyms: associate, determinate, determine, diagnose, distinguish, figure out*, finger*, indicate, know, nail, peg, pinpoint, put one's finger on, remember, set in context, spot, tell
Notes: in horse racing results, there is win, place, show, and also-ran
Antonyms: forget, overlook
Main Entry: recognize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: identify
Synonyms: admit, be familiar, button down, descry, determinate, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, espy, finger*, flash on, know, know again, make out, make*, nail, note, notice, observe, peg, perceive, pinpoint, place, recall, recollect, remark, remember, ring a bell, see, sight, spot, tab, tag, verify
Notes: the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised'
Antonyms: miss
Main Entry: spot
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: see, recognize
Synonyms: catch, catch sight of, descry, detect, determinate, diagnose, discern, discover, distinguish, encounter, espy, ferret out, find, identify, locate, make out, meet with, observe, pick out, pinpoint, place, point out, sight, trace, track, turn up
Antonyms: overlook
Main Entry: individualize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: distinguish
Synonyms: analyze, ascertain, categorize, characterize, classify, collate, decide, demarcate, determinate, determine, diagnose, diagnosticate, differentiate, discriminate, divide, estimate, extricate, figure out*, finger*, identify, individuate, judge, know, label, make out, mark off, mark*, name, part, pinpoint, place, qualify, recognize, select, separate, set apart, set off, sift, signalize, single out, singularize, sort out, specify, spot, tag*, tell apart, tell between, tell from
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Experiment.
Synonyms:
-nouns
experiment; essay (attempt); analysis (investigation); trial, tentative method, tatonnement., verification, probation, experimentum crucis, proof, criterion, diagnostic, test, crucial test., crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; curcuma paper, turmeric paper., empiricism, rule of thumb., feeler; pilot balloon, messenger balloon; pilot engine; scout; straw to show the wind., speculation, random shot, leap in the dark., analyzer, analyst; adventurer; experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist.
-verbs
experiment; essay (endeavor); try, assay; make an experiment, make a trial of; give a trial to; put on trial, subject to trial; experiment upon; rehearse; put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof; prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength., grope; feel one's way, grope for one's way; fumble, tatonner, aller a tatons, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler; send up a pilot balloon; see how the land lies, see how the wind blows; consult the barometer; feel the pulse; fish for, bob for; cast for, beat about for; angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes., try one's fortune (adventure) [more]; explore (inquire).
-adjectives
experimental, empirical., probative, probatory, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic; tentative.
-adverbs
under probation, on one's trial.
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