Synonyms for inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɪn kwə riin·qui·ry

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1. inquiry

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, asking, investigation, search, examination, research, scrutiny, exploration

   Antonyms:
   conjecture, guess, intuition, hypothesis, assumption, supposition

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1. inquiry, enquiry, researchnoun

   a search for knowledge

   "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

2. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogationnoun

   an instance of questioning

   "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, doubtfulness, doubt, head, interrogation, query, motion, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, research, dubiousness

3. inquiry, enquirynoun

   a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

Matched Categories

1. • Investigation
   • Problem Solving
   • Questioning

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, query, interrogatory

2. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, examination, research, scrutiny, study, exploration

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   question, query, interrogation, research, investigationm scrutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "inquiry":

   investigation, survey, enquiry, research, investigative, investigations, query, investigate, inquest, investigating, enquête, 'enquête, investigación, inquiries, snooping, enquiries, surveys, fact-finding, study, investigatory, consultation, jwee, probe, viewing

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How to use inquiry in a sentence?

1. Robin Tam:

   It is not yet apparent whether Mr Kovtun intends to instruct legal representatives. (A lawyer for the inquiry) has asked him to supply a detailed witness statement but has not yet received such a document.

2. Hosea Ballou:

   Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way.

3. Michael Oakeshott:

   As civilized human beings, we are the inheritors, neither of an inquiry about ourselves and the world, nor of an accumulating body of information, but of a conversation, begun in the primeval forests and extended and made more articulate in the course of centuries. It is a conversation which goes on both in public and within each of ourselves.

4. European Union:

   CPJ is shocked by the barbaric murder of journalist Victoria Marinova, bulgarian authorities must employ all efforts and resources to carry out an exhaustive inquiry and bring to justice those responsible.

5. Imran Khan:

   I have ordered an immediate inquiry to be completed on an urgent basis.