Antonyms for inspect
ɪnˈspɛktin·spect

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.8 / 6 votes

1. inspect

   To see is simply to become conscious of an object of vision; to look is to make a conscious and direct endeavor to see. To behold is to fix the sight and the mind with distinctness and consideration upon something that has come to be clearly before the eyes. We may look without seeing, as in pitch-darkness, and we may see without looking, as in case of a flash of lightning. To gaze is to look intently, long, and steadily upon an object. To glance is to look casually or momentarily. To stare is to look with a fixed intensity such as is the effect of surprise, alarm, or rudeness. To scan is to look at minutely, to note every visible feature. To inspect is to go below the surface, uncover, study item by item. View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate. Watch brings in the element of time and often of wariness; we watch for a movement or change, a signal, the approach of an enemy, etc. Compare APPEAR.

   Synonyms:
   behold, contemplate, descry, discern, gaze, glance, look, regard, scan, see, stare, survey, view, watch

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1. inspect

   Antonyms:
   overlook, connive, dismiss, glance, misobserve, misinvestigate, pretermit

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, examine, investigate, search, overhaul, look into, supervise

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1. • Examine

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1. inspectverb

   look over carefully

   "Please inspect your father's will carefully"

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, scrutinise, audit, visit

2. visit, inspectverb

   come to see in an official or professional capacity

   "The governor visited the prison"; "The grant administrator visited the laboratory"

   Synonyms:
   confab, natter, bring down, impose, claver, chat, call in, scrutinize, confabulate, chew the fat, jaw, chatter, chit-chat, audit, visit, gossip, call, chitchat, scrutinise, inflict, travel to, shoot the breeze, chaffer, see

3. audit, scrutinize, scrutinise, inspectverb

   examine carefully for accuracy with the intent of verification

   "audit accounts and tax returns"

   Synonyms:
   audit, scrutinise, take stock, size up, scrutinize, visit

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1. inspectverb

   Synonyms:
   examine

How to use inspect in a sentence?

1. Joseph Lorenzo Hall:

   Voatz has been so reluctant to have anyone inspect their system or even disclose the audits of their product that have been conducted, they are completely opaque, and that is the exact opposite of what a cutting-edge security product used for government elections should be.

2. Alison Berry Wilkinson:

   During that meeting, Captain Whitney wanted all supervisors to inspect their subordinates' uniforms and collect badges.

3. Owner Vladislav Yampolski:

   She came here to inspect stones without bringing any tools, no magnifying glass, no diamond dealers loop, nothing, so it was obvious she was about to pull something.

4. Richard Doucette:

   If you grill a lot, you should inspect your brush often, very carefully, grab some of the bristles and give them a tug to see if any pull out easily. If they can, it’s time for a new brush.

5. Ron Johnson:

   Happy to have her visit Milwaukee but she really ought to inspect the crisis President Biden created at the border.

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