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Exploratory.

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Similar meaning 6

Alpha 84% connected

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Alpha 84% connected

The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Preliminary 84% connected

Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary article…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Preliminary 84% connected

Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary article…

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Searching 84% connected

of Search

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Searching 84% connected

of Search

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Explore 74% connected

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Explore 74% connected

To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Research 74% connected

Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Research 74% connected

Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 1

Exploratory 92% connected

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.

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.