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Contextual alternative 1

Investigate 88% connected

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and ac…

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 54% interchangeable more formal stronger

Use when the process involves gathering evidence, not only interpreting material already available.

Broader term 8

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reckon 76% connected

To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Regard 76% connected

To keep in view; to behold; to look at; to view; to gaze upon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

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Manner of action 23

Anatomize 76% connected

To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Appraise 76% connected

To set a value; to estimate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assay 76% connected

Trial; attempt; essay.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Audit 76% connected

An audience; a hearing.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Botanize 76% connected

To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Compare 76% connected

To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to b…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consider 76% connected

To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to think on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Diagnose 76% connected

To ascertain by diagnosis; to diagnosticate. See Diagnosticate.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Follow 76% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inspect 76% connected

To look upon; to view closely and critically, esp. in order to ascertain quality or condition, to detect errors, etc., to examine; to scrutinize; to…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Investigate 76% connected

To follow up step by step by patient inquiry or observation; to trace or track mentally; to search into; to inquire and examine into with care and ac…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Name 76% connected

The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class.

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Parse 76% connected

To resolve into its elements, as a sentence, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by government or agreement; t…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reexamine 76% connected

To examine anew.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Screen 76% connected

Anything that separates or cuts off inconvenience, injury, or danger; that which shelters or conceals from view; a shield or protection; as, a fire s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scrutinize 76% connected

To examine closely; to inspect or observe with critical attention; to regard narrowly; as, to scrutinize the measures of administration; to scrutiniz…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sieve 76% connected

A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Sift 76% connected

To separate with a sieve, as the fine part of a substance from the coarse; as, to sift meal or flour; to sift powder; to sift sand or lime.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Survey 76% connected

To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook; as, to stand on a hill, and survey the surrounding country.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Trace 76% connected

One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whiffletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be draw…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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View 76% connected

The act of seeing or beholding; sight; look; survey; examination by the eye; inspection.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 6

Analyser 74% connected

Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Analyser 74% connected

Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Analysis 74% connected

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Analysis 74% connected

A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the compo…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Analyst 74% connected

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Analyst 74% connected

One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

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Synonym 5

Analyze 92% connected

To subject to analysis; to resolve (anything complex) into its elements; to separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Canvass 92% connected

To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its p…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Dissect 92% connected

To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their stru…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Examine 92% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Study 92% connected

A setting of the mind or thoughts upon a subject; hence, application of mind to books, arts, or science, or to any subject, for the purpose of acquir…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Near synonym 1

Examine 90% connected

To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection o…

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 66% interchangeable softer

Broader than analyse; analyse normally involves breaking evidence or ideas into meaningful parts or relationships.

Antonym 2

synthesise 94% connected

To bring several ideas together into one explanation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

synthesise 94% connected

To bring several ideas together into one explanation.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Related word 2

Evaluate 82% connected

To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise.

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 24% interchangeable more formal stronger

Academic work often requires both, but they answer different questions.

Assess 80% connected

To value; to make a valuation or official estimate of for the purpose of taxation.

ad editorial 2026 08 academic 25% interchangeable more formal

It is more explicitly judgement-oriented than analyse.

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