Synonyms of the word

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.

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;…

background

• adj. Less important in a scene.
• n. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
• n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
• n. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
• n. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
• n. (computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application…
• n. (computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
• v. To put in a position that is not prominent.

beg

• v. (intransitive) to request the help of someone, often in the form of money.
• v. (transitive) to plead with someone for help, a favor, etc.; to entreat.
• v. (transitive) to assume, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (proscribed) to raise a question, in the phrase beg the question.
• v. (law, obsolete) To ask to be appointed guardian for, or to ask to have a guardian appointed for.
• n. a provincial governor under the Ottoman Empire, a bey.
• abbr. (knitting) beginning.

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.

cloth

• n. (uncountable) A woven fabric such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use.
• n. (countable) A piece of cloth used for a particular purpose.
• n. (Can we verify^{([fullurl:Wiktionary:Requests for verification/English?? +])} this sense?) A form of attire…
• n. (in idioms) Priesthood, clergy.

enquiry

• n. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A question.
• n. Search for truth, information or knowledge.

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.

fabric

• n. (archaic) structure, building.
• n. (archaic) The act of constructing; construction; fabrication.
• n. (archaic) The structure of anything; the manner in which the parts of a thing are united; workmanship;…
• n. The framework underlying a structure.
• n. A material made of fibers, a textile or cloth.
• n. (petrology) The appearance of crystalline grains in a rock.
• n. (computing) Interconnected nodes that look like a textile 'fabric' when viewed collectively from a distance.

inquiry

• n. The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
• n. Search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation.

mat

• n. A flat piece of coarse material used for wiping one’s feet, or as a decorative or protective floor covering.
• n. A small flat piece of material used to protect a surface from anything hot or rough; a coaster.
• n. (athletics) A floor pad to protect athletes.
• n. A thickly tangled mess.
• n. A thick paper or paperboard border used to inset and center the contents of a frame.
• n. A thin layer of woven, non-woven, or knitted fiber that serves as reinforcement to a material.
• n. A thin surface layer; superficial cover.
• v. (transitive) To cover, protect or decorate with mats.
• v. (intransitive) To form a thick, tangled mess; to interweave into, or like, a mat; to entangle.
• n. (coppersmithing) An alloy of copper, tin, iron, etc.; white metal.
• n. (dated slang) Abbreviation of matinee (performance at a theater).
• n. (video games, slang) A material or component needed for a crafting recipe.

material

• adj. Having to do with matter; consisting of matter.
• adj. Worldly, as opposed to spiritual.
• adj. (law, accounting) Significant.
• n. Matter which may be shaped or manipulated, particularly in making something.
• n. Text written for a specific purpose.
• n. A sample or specimens for study.
• n. Cloth to be made into a garment.
• n. A person who is qualified for a certain position or activity.
• n. Related data of various kinds, especially if collected as the basis for a document or book.
• n. The substance that something is made or composed of.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To form from matter; to materialize.

poll

• n. A survey of people, usually statistically analyzed to gauge wider public opinion.
• n. A formal election.
• n. A polling place (usually as plural, polling places).
• n. (now obsolete outside veterinary contexts) The head, particularly the scalp or pate upon which hair (normally)…
• n. (in extended senses of the above) A mass of people, a mob or muster, considered as a head count.
• n. The broad or butt end of an axe or a hammer.
• n. The pollard or European chub, a kind of fish.
• v. (transitive) To take, record the votes of (an electorate).
• v. (transitive) To solicit mock votes from (a person or group).
• v. (intransitive) To vote at an election.
• v. To register or deposit, as a vote; to elicit or call forth, as votes or voters.
• v. To cut off; to remove by clipping, shearing, etc.; to mow or crop.
• v. (transitive) To cut the hair of (a creature).
• v. (transitive) To remove the horns of (an animal).
• v. To remove the top or end of; to clip; to lop.
• v. (transitive, computing, communication) To (repeatedly) request the status of something (such as a computer…
• v. (intransitive, with adverb) To be judged in a poll.
• v. (obsolete) To extort from; to plunder; to strip.
• v. To impose a tax upon.
• v. To pay as one's personal tax.
• v. To enter, as polls or persons, in a list or register; to enroll, especially for purposes of taxation;…
• v. (law) To cut or shave smooth or even; to cut in a straight line without indentation.
• adj. (of kinds of livestock which typically have horns) Bred without horns, and thus hornless.
• n. A pet parrot.
• n. (Britain, dated, Cambridge University slang) One who does not try for honors at university, but is content…

research

• n. (uncountable) Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications,…
• n. (countable) A particular instance or piece of research.
• v. (transitive) To search or examine with continued care; to seek diligently.
• v. (intransitive) To make an extensive investigation into.
• v. (transitive) To search again.

sail

• n. (nautical) A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the…
• n. (uncountable) The power harnessed by a sail or sails, or the use this power for travel or transport.
• n. A trip in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• n. (dated) A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Plural sail.
• n. The blade of a windmill.
• n. A tower-like structure found on the dorsal (topside) surface of submarines.
• n. The floating organ of siphonophores, such as the Portuguese man-of-war.
• n. (fishing) A sailfish.
• n. (paleontology) an outward projection of the spine, occurring in certain dinosaurs and synapsids.
• n. Anything resembling a sail, such as a wing.
• v. To be impelled or driven forward by the action of wind upon sails, as a ship on water; to be impelled…
• v. To move through or on the water; to swim, as a fish or a waterfowl.
• v. To ride in a boat, especially a sailboat.
• v. To set sail; to begin a voyage.
• v. To move briskly and gracefully through the air.
• v. To move briskly.

scope

• n. The breadth, depth or reach of a subject; a domain.
• n. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
• n. (computing) The region of program source in which an identifier is meaningful.
• n. (logic) The shortest sub-wff of which a given instance of a logical connective is a part.
• n. (linguistics) The region of an utterance to which some modifying element applies.
• n. (slang) Shortened form of periscope, telescope, microscope or oscilloscope.
• v. To perform a cursory investigation, as to scope out.
• v. (slang) To perform arthroscopic surgery.
• v. (slang) To examine under a microscope.

setting

• v. present participle of set.
• n. The time, place and circumstance in which something (such as a story or picture) is set; context; scenario.
• n. The act of setting.
• n. A piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewelry.
• n. A level or placement that a knob or control is set to.
• n. The act of marking the position of game, as a setter does.
• n. Hunting with a setter.
• n. Something set in, or inserted.
• n. A piece of vocal or choral music composed for particular words (set to music).
• adj. that disappears below the horizon.

sheet

• n. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
• n. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping,…
• n. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.
• n. A thin, flat layer of solid material.
• n. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.
• n. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.
• n. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.
• n. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
• n. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
• n. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
• n. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
• n. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.
• v. To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
• v. Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.
• v. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

solicit

• v. To persistently endeavor to obtain an object, or bring about an event.
• v. To woo; to court.
• v. To persuade or incite one to commit some act, especially illegal or sexual behavior.
• v. To offer to perform sexual activity, especially when for a payment.
• v. To make a petition.
• v. (archaic) To disturb or trouble; to harass.
• v. To urge the claims of; to plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to.
• v. (obsolete, rare) To disturb; to disquiet.

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.

survey

• n. The act of surveying; a general view.
• n. The act of making measurement of relative position of the earth surface.
• n. A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items,…
• n. An examination of the opinions of a group of people.
• n. A questionnaire or similar instrument used for examining the opinions of a group of people.
• n. The operation of finding the contour, dimensions, position, or other particulars of any part of the Earth's…
• n. A measured plan and description of any portion of country.
• v. To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook.
• v. To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
• v. To examine with reference to condition, situation, value, etc.; to examine and ascertain the state of.
• v. To determine the form, extent, position, etc., of, as a tract of land, a coast, harbor, or the like, by…
• v. To examine and ascertain, as the boundaries and royalties of a manor, the tenure of the tenants, and the…
• v. To investigate the opinions or experiences of people by asking them questions.

tap

• n. A tapering cylindrical pin or peg used to stop the vent in a cask; a spigot.
• n. A device used to dispense liquids.
• n. Liquor drawn through a tap; hence, a certain kind or quality of liquor.
• n. A place where liquor is drawn for drinking; a taproom; a bar.
• n. (mechanics) A device used to cut an internal screw thread. (External screw threads are cut with a die…
• n. A connection made to an electrical or fluid conductor without breaking it.
• n. An interception of communication by authority.
• v. To furnish with taps.
• v. To draw off liquid from a vessel.
• v. To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
• v. To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
• v. To intercept a communication without authority.
• v. (mechanical) To cut an internal screw thread.
• v. (card games, board games) To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already…
• n. Device used to listen in secretly on telephone calls.
• v. To strike lightly.
• v. To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
• v. To make a sharp noise.
• v. To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
• v. (slang, transitive) To have sexual intercourse with.
• v. (combat sports) To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
• v. (combat sports, transitive) To force (an opponent) to submit.
• v. To put a new sole or heel on.
• n. A gentle or slight blow; a light rap; a pat.
• n. tap dance.
• n. (computing) The act of touching a touch screen.
• n. A piece of leather fastened upon the bottom of a boot or shoe in repairing or renewing the sole or heel;…
• n. (military) A signal, by drum or trumpet, for extinguishing all lights in soldiers' quarters and retiring…
• n. (phonetics) A consonant sound made by a single muscle contraction, such as the sound [ɾ] in the standard…

tent

• n. A pavilion or portable lodge consisting of skins, canvas, or some strong cloth, stretched and sustained…
• n. (archaic) The representation of a tent used as a bearing.
• n. (Scotland) A portable pulpit set up outside to accommodate worshippers who cannot fit into a church.
• n. Short for trouser tent; a piece of fabric, etc. protruding outward like a tent; (see manbulge).
• v. (intransitive) To go camping.
• v. (cooking) To prop up aluminum foil in an inverted "V" (reminiscent of a pop-up tent) over food to reduce…
• v. (intransitive) To form into a tent-like shape.
• v. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) To attend to; to heed; hence, to guard; to hinder.
• n. (archaic, Britain, Scotland, dialect) Attention; regard, care.
• n. (archaic) Intention; design.
• n. (medicine) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used…
• n. (medicine) A probe for searching a wound.
• v. (medicine, sometimes figuratively) To probe or to search with a tent; to keep open with a tent.
• n. (archaic) A kind of wine of a deep red color, chiefly from Galicia or Malaga in Spain; called also tent…

textile

• n. (usually in the plural) Cloth produced from a fabric.
• n. (naturism) A non-nudist.
• adj. (naturism) Clothing compulsive.