Synonyms for searching
ˈsɜr tʃɪŋsearch·ing

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. searching

   An inquisitive person is one who is bent on finding out all that can be found out by inquiry, especially of little and personal matters, and hence is generally meddlesome and prying. Inquisitive may be used in a good sense, tho in such connection inquiring is to be preferred; as, an inquiring mind. As applied to a state of mind, curious denotes a keen and rather pleasurable desire to know fully something to which one's attention has been called, but without the active tendency that inquisitive implies; a well-bred person may be curious to know, but will not be inquisitive in trying to ascertain, what is of interest in the affairs of another.

   Synonyms:
   curious, inquiring, inquisitive, intrusive, meddlesome, meddling, peeping, prying, scrutinizing

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, careless, heedless, inattentive, indifferent, unconcerned, uninterested

   Preposition:
   Inquisitive about, concerning, in regard to, regarding trifles.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. inquisitory, probing, searchingadjective

   diligent and thorough in inquiry or investigation

   "a probing inquiry"; "a searching investigation of their past dealings"

   Synonyms:
   probing, trenchant, inquisitory

   Antonyms:
   uninquisitive, unexploratory, unintelligent, unexplorative, nonexplorative, uninquiring, nonexploratory, stupid

2. searching, trenchantadjective

   having keenness and forcefulness and penetration in thought, expression, or intellect

   "searching insights"; "trenchant criticism"

   Synonyms:
   hard-hitting, distinct, probing, trenchant, inquisitory, clear-cut

   Antonyms:
   nonexploratory, uninquiring, stupid, unexplorative, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unintelligent, uninquisitive

3. searchingadjective

   exploring thoroughly

   Synonyms:
   probing, trenchant, inquisitory

   Antonyms:
   unexplorative, nonexplorative, uninquiring, unintelligent, stupid, nonexploratory, uninquisitive, unexploratory

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. scouring

   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. searchingadjective

   Synonyms:
   penetrating, trying

2. searchingadjective

   Synonyms:
   close, thorough

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:5.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "searching":

   search, combing, research, quest, seeking, searches, looking, finding

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How to use searching in a sentence?

1. Jennifer Lopez:

   So many people went searching for this.

2. The Van Valkenburghs ':

   I jumped down frantically searching, a man stopped to help me when he saw a sinkhole at the side of the road.

3. Albert Einstein:

   In light of knowledge attained, the happy achievement seems almost a matter of course, and any intelligent student can grasp it without too much trouble. But the years of anxious searching in the dark, with their intense longing, their alterations of confidence and exhaustion and the final emergence into the light -- only those who have experienced it can understand it.

4. Zak Williams:

   It was a period for him of intense searching and frustration, it’s just devastating.

5. Michael Holland:

   The market has been looking for reasons to be negative and China and oil are two of the most convenient reasons today, that’s what happens in market cycles ... right now we people simply have searching for reasons to be negative.