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| Main Entry: |
probing
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | acute |
| Synonyms: | astute, canny, clever, discerning, discriminating, incisive, ingenious, insightful, intense, intuitive, judicious, keen, observant, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, quick-witted, sensitive, sharp, smart*, subtle, trenchant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cutting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | nasty, hateful |
| Synonyms: | acerbic, acid, acrimonious, barbed, biting, bitter, caustic, clear-cut, crisp, hurtful, incisive, ingoing, malicious, penetrating, piercing, pointed, probing, raw, sarcastic, sardonic, scathing, severe, sharp, stinging, trenchant, wounding |
| Antonyms: | kind, nice, pleasant |
| Main Entry: | inquest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
| Synonyms: | delving, examination, hearing, inquiry, inquisition, probe, probing, quest, research, trial |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, findings |
| Main Entry: | inquiring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wondering, curious |
| Synonyms: | Socratic, analytical, catechistic, doubtful, examining, fact-finding, heuristic, inquisitive, interested, interrogative, investigative, investigatory, nosy, outward-looking, probing, prying, questioning, quizzical, searching, speculative, studious |
| Antonyms: | disinterested, incurious, unskeptical |
| Main Entry: | inquiry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | asking; looking into |
| Synonyms: | Q and A, analysis, audit, catechizing, check, cross-examination, delving, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, grilling, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, interrogatory, investigation, legwork, poll, probe, probing, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, quizzing, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon |
| Notes: | a query is a single question; an inquiry (or enquiry) may be a single question or extensive investigation (series of questions) |
| Antonyms: | answer, reply |
| Main Entry: | inquisitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curious |
| Synonyms: | analytical, big-eyed, challenging, forward, impertinent, inquiring, inquisitorial, interested, intrusive, investigative, meddlesome, meddling, nosy, peering, personal, poking, presumptuous, probing, prying, questioning, scrutinizing, searching, sifting, snooping, speculative |
| Antonyms: | incurious, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested |
| Main Entry: | investigation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thorough check |
| Synonyms: | analysis, case, delving, examination, exploration, fact-finding, gander, hearing, hustle, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, legwork, observation, observing, pike, probe, probing, quest, quiz, research, review, scrutiny, search, sounding, study, survey, surveying |
| Main Entry: | judgment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision about blame |
| Synonyms: | analysis, appraisal, appreciation, arbitration, assaying, assessment, award, belief, close study, conclusion, contemplation, conviction, decree, deduction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, examination, exploration, finding, idea, inference, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, inspection, observation, opinion, order, probing, pursuit, quest, reconnaissance, regard, report, research, resolution, result, review, ruling, scrutiny, search, sentence, sifting, summary, verdict, view, weigh-in |
| Notes: | judgment is the U.S. preferred spelling while judgement is the British preferred spelling |
| Antonyms: | indecision |
| Main Entry: | probe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | investigation |
| Synonyms: | delving, detection, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, legwork, probing, quest, research, scrutiny, study, third degree |
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