Synonyms for inquire
ɪnˈkwaɪərin·quire

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. ask, inquire, enquireverb

   inquire about

   "I asked about their special today"; "He had to ask directions several times"

   Synonyms:
   postulate, need, require, expect, demand, enquire, ask, take, investigate, wonder, involve, call for, necessitate

2. wonder, inquire, enquireverb

   have a wish or desire to know something

   "He wondered who had built this beautiful church"

   Synonyms:
   wonder, ask, marvel, investigate, question, enquire

3. investigate, inquire, enquireverb

   conduct an inquiry or investigation of

   "The district attorney's office investigated reports of possible irregularities"; "inquire into the disappearance of the rich old lady"

   Synonyms:
   ask, investigate, look into, wonder, enquire

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1. • Examine

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 2 votes

1. inquireverb

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Enquire.] ask, question, seek information (by questioning), make inquiry

2. inquireverb

   Synonyms:
   make investigation, make examination

3. inquireverb

   Synonyms:
   [Written also Enquire.] ask about, make inquiry about

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 2 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "inquire":

   investigate, enquire

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1. Stanislaus County:

   Sonow we have them saying even in cases where we don’t have jurisdiction, because we want to stay, the court should not inquire whether we should stay on these cases or not, and I think that’s more of a bad precedent than the court looking at this in the first place to determine what the court gets to do and what their jurisdiction is. …They are capital habeas litigators, but they want to stay on a non-capital case.

2. Lindsey Graham:

   It is time for the Senate to inquire about corruption and other improprieties involving Ukraine, therefore I will offer to Mr. Giuliani the opportunity to come before the Senate Judiciary Committee to inform the committee of his concerns.

3. Elijah Cummings:

   The chairman asked me back in September to inquire as to whether Secretary Clinton would testify, she immediately said she would and that she wanted to come in December, but if December did not work, she would come in January. She said I'll do it, period. The fact is she was very clear. She did not hesitate for one second.

4. Giovanni Boccaccio, Leitch, Vincent B. ed. The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. New York: Norton, 2001.:

   You must read, you must persevere, you must sit up nights, you must inquire, and exert the utmost power of your mind. If one way does not lead to the desired meaning, take another; if obstacles arise, then still another; until, if your strength holds out, you will find that clear which at first looked dark.

5. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Hayward Christian Beach was heard to inquire; "How many knuckles appear on a 'knucklehead'?