Synonyms for examine
ɪgˈzæm ɪn

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1. analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas(verb)

   consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning

   "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"

   Synonyms:
   contemplate, try out, psychoanalyse, consider, essay, meditate, psychoanalyze, break down, hit the books, test, learn, dissect, canvass, analyse, read, take apart, study, poll, take, try, canvas, analyze, probe, prove, see

2. examine, see(verb)

   observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

   "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country"

   Synonyms:
   date, take in, figure, go out, analyze, look, find out, reckon, try, interpret, essay, find, view, go steady, try out, get word, meet, study, probe, construe, determine, see, realize, see to it, fancy, picture, visualize, analyse, realise, control, encounter, escort, learn, envision, watch, run into, regard, run across, test, come across, prove, go through, image, take care, assure, witness, get wind, ensure, attend, pick up, understand, experience, canvas, catch, visualise, consider, ascertain, hear, canvass, project, visit, discover, insure, get a line, check

3. probe, examine(verb)

   question or examine thoroughly and closely

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

4. examine(verb)

   question closely

   Synonyms:
   see, analyze, study, try, canvass, essay, test, probe, prove, analyse, canvas, try out

5. test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay(verb)

   put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

   "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"

   Synonyms:
   audition, rise, analyze, leaven, try, sample, show, testify, establish, test, evidence, try out, study, see, seek, try on, probe, quiz, attempt, essay, raise, adjudicate, render, prove, shew, judge, screen, taste, turn out, demonstrate, turn up, experiment, strain, analyse, stress, hear, canvass, assay, canvas, bear witness

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. examine

   Synonyms:
   weigh, ponder, investigate, perpend, test, scrutinize, criticize, prove, study, discuss, inquire, search, overhaul, explore, inspect

   Antonyms:
   discard, conjecture, gnew, slur, misconsider, misinvestigate

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Dictionary of English Synonymes(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. examine(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   inspect, observe

2. examine(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   scrutinize, investigate, study, consider, canvass, inquire into, search into, look into, inquire about

3. examine(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   interrogate (in order to elicit truth or to test qualifications), catechise, put questions to

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these synonyms:

1. examine(v)

   Synonyms:
   inspect, scrutinize, question, audit, heckle, reconnoitre, review, search, probe, investigate, catechise

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1. List of paraphrases:

   consider, review, discuss, explore, investigate, study, examining, reviewing, consideration, analyse, browse, considering, examination, scrutinise, examines, studying, look, address, analyze, reviews, assess, check, research, examined, verify, scrutinize

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How to use examine in a sentence?

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   The committee will be empowered to examine all aspects of the federal response to coronavirus, and to assure that the taxpayers dollars are being wisely and efficiently spent to save lives, deliver relief and benefit our economy.

2. Brandon Auerbach:

   Although we combined evidence from the best available research, the studies were not randomized controlled trials, we did not examine other important health outcomes besides weight gain, such as diabetes risk, because too few studies exist on this topic in children.

3. Nikola Tesla:

   If he [Thomas Edison] had a needle to find in a haystack, he would not stop to reason where it was most likely to be, but would proceed at once with the feverish diligence of a bee, to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search. … Just a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety percent of his labor.

4. Dolline Hatchett:

   What this means in real terms is we are missing prevention opportunities, important evidence is being lost that we would normally examine following an accident. And this evidence could potentially support safety recommendations, that once adopted, could prevent future accidents and save countless lives. The NTSB wants to ensure safety across the transportation spectrum, and we are unable to do that as long as this shutdown continues.

5. District Attorney Jackie Lacey:

   In a few instances, new evidence is discovered and, on rare occasions, mistakes are found, whenever we receive new credible information that may exonerate a person, the responsibility is on us, as prosecutors, to re-examine the facts and, if appropriate, to seek to vacate a wrongful conviction.

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