Thesaurus
search
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SEARCH
1
to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something <archaeologists have begun to search the southern end of the valley, where they believe the underground tombs are located>
Synonyms comb, dig (through), dredge, hunt (through), rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour, sort (through), troll
Related Words frisk, pat down, shake down; audit, check (out), examine, inspect, investigate, review, scan, scrutinize, survey; ascertain, descry, detect, determine, discover, ferret (out), find, find out, get, hit (on or upon), learn, locate, run down, scare up, track (down); grub (about), poke (around); explore, probe, prospect, skirmish, snoop; browse, glance (over), look over; peruse, study
2
to go into or range over for purposes of discovery <the Spanish conquistadors searched vast areas of the Southwest in their quest for the fabled cities of gold>
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