Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over carefully |
| Synonyms: | brood, contemplate, dwell on, examine, look over, muse, peruse, ponder, read, regard, scan, scrutinize, study |
| Antonyms: | flip through, scan |
| Main Entry: | scrutinize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine closely |
| Synonyms: | analyze, burn up, candle, canvass, case, check, check out, check over, comb, consider, contemplate, dig, dissect, explore, eyeball, get a load of, go over with a fine-tooth comb, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look over, overlook, peg, penetrate, perlustrate, peruse, pierce, pore over, probe, put under a microscope, scan, scope, scrutinate, search, sift, smoke*, stare, study, survey, take the measure of, view, watch, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | contemplate, learn |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, lucubrate, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
| Antonyms: | forget, ignore, neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | study |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | examine, analyze |
| Synonyms: | brainstorm*, canvass, case, check out, check over, check up, compare, deliberate, do research, figure, give the eagle eye, inspect, investigate, keep tabs, look into, peruse, read, research, scope, scrutinize, sort out, survey, view |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lucubrate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | study |
| Synonyms: | apply oneself, bone up, brood over, burn midnight oil, bury oneself in, coach, cogitate, consider, crack the books, cram, dig*, dive into, examine, excogitate, go into, go over, grind*, hit the books, inquire, learn, learn the ropes, meditate, mind, mull over, perpend, peruse, plug*, plunge, polish up, ponder, pore over, read, read up, refresh, think, think out, think over, tutor, weigh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | browse |
| Synonyms: | check over, dip into, examine cursorily, feed, flip through, get the cream, give the once over, glance at, graze, hit the high spots, inspect loosely, leaf, leaf through, nibble*, once over lightly, pass an eye over, peruse, read, read here and there, riff through, riffle through, run through, scan, skim, skip through, survey, thumb, thumb through wander |
| Notes: | a riffle (noun) is a small wave on the surface of a liquid - (verb) to thumb through or look through a book or other written material; a rifle (noun) is a firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore - (verb) to steal goods or search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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