Synonyms for probe
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1. probenoun

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

2. probenoun

   To explore, investigate, or question

   If you probe further, you may discover different reasons.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

3. probenoun

   To insert a probe into.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

4. probenoun

   An act of probing; a prod, a poke.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

5. probenoun

   An investigation or inquiry.

   They launched a probe into the cause of the accident.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

6. probenoun

   A tube attached to an aircraft which can be fitted into the drogue from a tanker aircraft to allow for aerial refuelling.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

7. probenoun

   A small device, especially an electrode, used to explore, investigate or measure something by penetrating or being placed in it.

   Insert the probe into the soil and read the temperature.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

8. probenoun

   A small, usually unmanned, spacecraft used to acquire information or measurements about its surroundings.

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

9. probenoun

   a move with multiple answers seeking to make the opponent choose and commit to a strategy

   Synonyms:
   yosu-miru

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.5 / 4 votes

1. probe

   Synonyms:
   prove, test, scrutinize, verify, investigate, examine, search, silt, explore

   Antonyms:
   skim, misinvestigate, blink, misexamine, slur, miss, gloss

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.7 / 3 votes

1. probe, investigationnoun

   an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities

   "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"

   Synonyms:
   investigation, investigating

2. probenoun

   a flexible slender surgical instrument with a blunt end that is used to explore wounds or body cavities

   Synonyms:
   investigation

3. probenoun

   an exploratory action or expedition

   Synonyms:
   investigation

4. probeverb

   an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity

   Synonyms:
   investigation

5. probe, examineverb

   question or examine thoroughly and closely

   Synonyms:
   see, examine, poke into, study, try, canvass, essay, test, analyze, prove, analyse, canvas, dig into, try out

6. probe, dig into, poke intoverb

   examine physically with or as if with a probe

   "probe an anthill"

   Synonyms:
   poke into, dig into, examine

Matched Categories

1. • Exploration
   • Inquiry
   • Investigate
   • Surgical Instrument

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. probeverb

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, examine, search, sound, explore, sift, look into

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1. probeverb

   Synonyms:
   investigate, examine

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1. List of paraphrases for "probe":

   catheter, probes, rover, malp, investigation, sounding, gavage, orbiter, investigations, probing, infinity, poll, detectors, inquiry

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How to use probe in a sentence?

1. Sister Abhaya:

   We were poor people, we didn't have much money, but my father would travel for hours a day by bus to probe the police to reopen the case and give us the truth.

2. James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr.:

   If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement.

3. Jane Ishmael:

   There are other minor cannabinoids and traces in the plant that can be hard to study, but by isolation we can continue to assess the effects they might offer, historically, many of our medicines have been derived by or inspired by natural products. By having new compounds that bind with very high affinity, that will give scientists a new probe into biological sciences.

4. Rudy Giuliani:

   I think the probe is a malicious rumor.

5. Veronica Renzi:

   An analysis should be done to make sure the cost is worth it to the Justice Department and to the American people, and if there is an acquittal, it would raise questions, as a practical matter, about the length and depth of the( Durham) probe.