Synonyms for research
rɪˈsɜrtʃ, ˈri sɜrtʃre·search

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1. researchnoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, exploration, examination, study, researches, inquiry, scrutiny

2. researchnoun

   To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.

   Synonyms:
   investigation, researches, exploration, examination, study, inquiry, scrutiny

3. researchverb

   To make an extensive investigation into.

   Synonyms:
   scrutiny, examination, study, inquiry, investigation, exploration, researches

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. research

   Synonyms:
   investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination, exploration, learning, lore, discovery, elaboration, elimination

   Antonyms:
   ignorance, superficiality, sciolism, misinvestigation, shallowness, oversight, inobservance

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.8 / 5 votes

1. researchnoun

   systematic investigation to establish facts

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, inquiry

2. inquiry, enquiry, researchverb

   a search for knowledge

   "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, inquiry, interrogation, query, question

3. researchverb

   attempt to find out in a systematically and scientific manner

   "The student researched the history of that word"

   Synonyms:
   search, explore

4. research, search, exploreverb

   inquire into

   "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"

   Synonyms:
   seek, search, explore, look, look for

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. researchnoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, inquiry, scrutiny, examination, exploration, study, careful search

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1. List of paraphrases for "research":

   search, investigation, study, investigations, recherche, studies, inquiry, searches, searching, researches, investigative, recherches, researching, investigational, researchers, quest, ricerca, r, investigación, studying, finding, investigaciones, forschung, looking, retrieval, fact-finding, researcher, investigatorship, investigate, enquiry, seeking, pursuit, investigating, pesquisa, studied, examine, onderzoek, investigatory, research-based, inquiries

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1. Cynthia Graham:

   The main thing that is important to get across is that this isn’t scientific research, while watching it, I started wondering what’s the difference between super orgasms and multiple orgasms, and the answer I got was ‘not very much.’.

2. Robert Popper:

   They are not national secrets, this is information that the states willingly give us for our research. There is nothing shocking about getting the voter lists.

3. Alan Robock:

   Exxon, which funded climate change research decades ago and understood the science, chose instead to fund a disinformation campaign to confuse the public… so as to continue to sell their products and make money.

4. Marc Benioff:

   The world needs a North Star for truth on homelessness, the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative will be that North Star, providing the latest research, data and evidence-based solutions to ensure we're investing in programs that will help solve the homelessness crisis.

5. Robert Steinbrook:

   Recent research, including the new study being published in JAMA Internal Medicine, has convincingly shown an association between industry payments to physicians and the prescribing of brand-name drugs.