Synonyms of the word

assay

• n. Trial, attempt, essay.
• n. Examination and determination; test.
• n. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
• n. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
• n. Tested purity or value.
• n. The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially,…
• n. The alloy or metal to be assayed.
• v. (transitive) To attempt (something).
• v. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
• v. (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
• v. To affect.
• v. To try tasting, as food or drink.

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

analyse

• v. British spelling standard spelling of analyze.

analyze

• v. (transitive) To subject to analysis.
• v. (transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
• v. (transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
• v. (transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined;…

appraisal

• n. The act or process of developing an opinion of value.
• n. A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

assessment

• n. The act of assessing or an amount (of tax, levy or duty etc) assessed.
• n. An appraisal or evaluation.

attempt

• v. To try.
• v. (obsolete) To try to move, by entreaty, by afflictions, or by temptations; to tempt.
• v. (archaic) To try to win, subdue, or overcome.
• v. (archaic) To attack; to make an effort or attack upon; to try to take by force.
• n. The action of trying at something.
• n. An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt.

canvas

• n. A type of coarse cloth, woven from hemp, useful for making sails and tents or as a surface for paintings.
• n. A piece of canvas cloth stretched across a frame on which one may paint.
• n. A basis for creative work.
• n. (computer graphics) A region on which graphics can be rendered.
• n. (nautical) sails in general.
• n. A tent.
• n. A painting, or a picture on canvas.
• n. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; especially one to show…
• n. Alternative spelling of canvass.
• v. To cover an area or object with canvas.
• v. Alternative spelling of canvass.

canvass

• n. A solicitation of voters or public opinion.
• n. A tally, audit and certification of votes.
• v. To solicit voters, opinions, etc. from; to go through, with personal solicitation or public addresses.
• v. To conduct a survey.
• v. To campaign.
• v. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize.
• v. To examine by discussion; to debate.

check

• n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
• n. An inspection or examination.
• n. A control; a limit or stop.
• n. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator, equivalent to a tick (UK).
• n. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity; a cheque (UK, Canada).
• n. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.
• n. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.
• n. A token used instead of cash in gaming machines.
• n. A lengthwise separation through the growth rings in wood.
• n. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified.
• n. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.
• n. A small chink or crack.
• v. To inspect; to examine.
• v. To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).
• v. (US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have…
• v. To control, limit, or halt.
• v. To verify or compare with a source of information.
• v. To leave in safekeeping.
• v. To leave with a shipping agent for shipping.
• v. (street basketball) To pass or bounce the ball to an opponent from behind the three-point line and have…
• v. (contact sports) To hit another player with one's body.
• v. (poker) To remain in a hand without betting. Only legal if no one has yet bet.
• v. (chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, especially the king, in check; to put in check.
• v. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.
• v. (nautical) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.
• v. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.
• v. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack.
• v. To make a stop; to pause; with at.
• v. (obsolete) To clash or interfere.
• v. To act as a curb or restraint.
• v. (falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.
• n. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered…

essay

• n. A written composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject.
• n. (obsolete) A test, experiment; an assay.
• n. (now rare) An attempt.
• v. (dated, transitive) To try.
• v. (intransitive) To move forth, as into battle.

examine

• v. To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
• v. To check the health or condition of something or someone.
• v. To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.
• v. To interrogate.

matter

• n. Substance, material.
• n. A condition, subject or affair, especially one of concern.
• n. An approximate amount or extent.
• n. (obsolete) The essence; the pith; the embodiment.
• n. (obsolete) Inducing cause or reason, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing.
• n. (dated) Pus.
• v. (intransitive) To be important.
• v. (transitive, obsolete outside dialects) To care about, to mind; to find important.
• v. To form pus or matter, as an abscess; to maturate.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

report

• v. (transitive, intransitive) To relate details of (an event or incident); to recount, describe (something).
• v. (transitive) To repeat (something one has heard), to retell; to pass on, convey (a message, information…
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To take oneself (to someone or something) for guidance or support; to appeal.
• v. (transitive) Formally to notify someone of (particular intelligence, suspicions, illegality, misconduct…
• v. (transitive) To make a formal statement, especially of complaint, about (someone).
• v. (intransitive) To show up or appear at an appointed time; to present oneself.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To write news reports (for); to cover as a journalist or reporter.
• v. (intransitive) To be accountable.
• v. (politics, dated) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter…
• v. To take minutes of (a speech, the doings of a public body, etc.); to write down from the lips of a speaker.
• v. (obsolete) To refer.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
• n. A piece of information describing, or an account of certain events given or presented to someone, with…
• n. The sharp, loud sound from a gun or explosion.
• n. An employee whose position in a corporate hierarchy is below that of a particular manager.

run

• v. (vertebrates) To move swiftly.
• v. (fluids) To flow.
• v. (nautical, of a vessel) To sail before the wind, in distinction from reaching or sailing close-hauled.
• v. (social) To carry out an activity.
• v. To extend or persist, statically or dynamically, through space or time.
• v. (transitive) To execute or carry out a plan, procedure, or program.
• v. To pass or go quickly in thought or conversation.
• v. (copulative) To become different in a way mentioned (usually to become worse).
• v. (transitive) To cost a large amount of money.
• v. (intransitive) Of stitches or stitched clothing, to unravel.
• v. To pursue in thought; to carry in contemplation.
• v. To cause to enter; to thrust.
• v. To drive or force; to cause, or permit, to be driven.
• v. To cause to be drawn; to mark out; to indicate; to determine.
• v. To encounter or incur (a danger or risk).
• v. To put at hazard; to venture; to risk.
• v. To tease with sarcasms and ridicule.
• v. To sew (a seam) by passing the needle through material in a continuous line, generally taking a series…
• v. To control or have precedence in a card game.
• v. To be in form thus, as a combination of words.
• v. (archaic) To be popularly known; to be generally received.
• v. To have growth or development.
• v. To tend, as to an effect or consequence; to incline.
• v. To have a legal course; to be attached; to continue in force, effect, or operation; to follow; to go in…
• v. (golf) To strike (the ball) in such a way as to cause it to run along the ground, as when approaching…
• v. (video games, rare) To speedrun.
• n. Act or instance of running, of moving rapidly using the feet.
• n. Act or instance of hurrying (to or from a place) (not necessarily by foot); dash or errand, trip.
• n. A pleasure trip.
• n. Flight, instance or period of fleeing.
• n. Migration (of fish).
• n. A group of fish that migrate, or ascend a river for the purpose of spawning.
• n. (skiing, bobsledding) A single trip down a hill, as in skiing and bobsledding.
• n. A (regular) trip or route.
• n. The route taken while running or skiing.
• n. The distance sailed by a ship.
• n. A voyage.
• n. An enclosure for an animal; a track or path along which something can travel.
• n. (Australia, New Zealand) Rural landholding for farming, usually for running sheep, and operated by a runholder.
• n. State of being current; currency; popularity.
• n. A continuous period (of time) marked by a trend; a period marked by a continuing trend.
• n. (card games) A sequence of cards in a suit in a card game.
• n. (music) A rapid passage in music, especially along a scale.
• n. A trial.
• n. A flow of liquid; a leak.
• n. (chiefly eastern Midland US, especially Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia) A small creek or part thereof…
• n. A production quantity (such as in a factory).
• n. The length of a showing of a play, film, TV series, etc.
• n. A quick pace, faster than a walk.
• n. A sudden series of demands on a bank or other financial institution, especially characterised by great…
• n. Any sudden large demand for something.
• n. The top of a step on a staircase, also called a tread, as opposed to the rise.
• n. The horizontal length of a set of stairs.
• n. A standard or unexceptional group or category.
• n. (baseball) A score (point scored) by a runner making it around all the bases and over home plate.
• n. (cricket) A point scored.
• n. (American football) A gain of a (specified) distance; a running play.
• n. Unrestricted use of.
• n. A line of knit stitches that have unravelled, particularly in a nylon stocking.
• n. (nautical) The stern of the underwater body of a ship from where it begins to curve upward and inward.
• n. (construction) Horizontal dimension of a slope.
• n. (mining) The horizontal distance to which a drift may be carried, either by licence of the proprietor…
• n. A pair or set of millstones.
• n. (video games) A playthrough.
• n. (slang) A period of extended (usually daily) drug use.
• n. (golf) The movement communicated to a golf ball by running it.
• n. (golf) The distance a ball travels after touching the ground from a stroke.
• n. (video games, rare) A speedrun.
• adj. In a liquid state; melted or molten.
• adj. Cast in a mould.
• adj. Exhausted; depleted (especially with "down" or "out").
• adj. (of a fish) Travelled, migrated; having made a migration or a spawning run.

seek

• v. (transitive) To try to find, to look for, to search.
• v. (transitive) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
• v. (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
• v. (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

study

• v. (usually academic) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them,…
• v. (academic) To take a course or courses on a subject.
• v. To acquire knowledge on a subject.
• v. To look at minutely.
• v. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
• v. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
• n. (obsolete) A state of mental perplexity or worried thought.
• n. (archaic) Thought, as directed to a specific purpose; one's concern.
• n. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
• n. The act of studying or examining; examination.
• n. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
• n. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of…
• n. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
• n. (music) A piece for special practice; an étude.

substance

• n. Physical matter; material.
• n. The essential part of anything; the most vital part.
• n. Substantiality; solidity; firmness.
• n. Material possessions; estate; property; resources.
• n. A form of matter that has constant chemical composition and characteristic properties.
• n. Drugs (illegal narcotics).
• n. (theology) Hypostasis.

test

• n. A challenge, trial.
• n. A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are melted for trial and refinement.
• n. (academia) An examination, given often during the academic term.
• n. A session in which a product or piece of equipment is examined under everyday or extreme conditions to…
• n. (cricket, normally “Test”) A Test match.
• n. (marine biology) The external calciferous shell, or endoskeleton, of an echinoderm, e.g. sand dollars…
• n. (botany) Testa; seed coat.
• n. (obsolete) Judgment; distinction; discrimination.
• v. To challenge.
• v. To refine (gold, silver, etc.) in a test or cupel; to subject to cupellation.
• v. To put to the proof; to prove the truth, genuineness, or quality of by experiment, or by some principle…
• v. (academics) To administer or assign an examination, often given during the academic term, to (somebody).
• v. To place a product or piece of equipment under everyday and/or extreme conditions and examine it for its…
• v. (copulative) To be shown to be by test.
• v. (chemistry) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.
• n. (obsolete) A witness.
• v. (obsolete) To make a testament, or will.

trial

• n. An opportunity to test something out; a test.
• n. Appearance at judicial court.
• n. A difficult or annoying experience.
• n. A tryout to pick members of a team.
• n. (Britain) An internal examination set by Eton College.
• adj. Pertaining to a trial or test.
• adj. Attempted on a provisional or experimental basis.
• v. To carry out a series of tests on (a new product, procedure etc.) before marketing or implementing it.
• v. To try out (a new player) in a sports team.
• adj. Characterized by having three (usually equivalent) components.
• adj. Triple.
• adj. (grammar) Pertaining to a language form referring to three of something, like people; contrast singular,…

try

• v. To attempt; to endeavour. Followed by infinitive.
• v. (obsolete) To divide; to separate.
• v. To test, to work out.
• v. To experiment, to strive.
• v. (nautical) To lie to in heavy weather under just sufficient sail to head into the wind.
• v. To strain; to subject to excessive tests.
• v. (slang, chiefly African American Vernacular, used with another verb) To want.
• n. An attempt.
• n. An act of tasting or sampling.
• n. (rugby) A score in rugby, analogous to a touchdown in American football.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A screen, or sieve, for grain.
• n. (American football) a field goal or extra point.
• adj. (obsolete) Fine, excellent.