Synonyms of the word

question

• n. A sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response; an interrogative.
• n. A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.
• n. A doubt or challenge about the truth or accuracy of a matter.
• n. A proposal to a meeting as a topic for deliberation.
• n. interrogation by torture.
• n. (obsolete) Talk; conversation; speech.
• v. To ask questions of; interrogate; enquire; ask for information.
• v. To raise doubts about; have doubts about.
• v. (obsolete) To argue; to converse; to dispute.

ask

• v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
• v. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
• v. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
• v. To request or petition; usually with for.
• v. To request permission to do something.
• v. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
• v. To invite.
• v. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
• v. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
• n. An act or instance of asking.
• n. Something asked or asked for; a request.
• n. An asking price.
• n. (Britain dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
• n. (Britain dialectal) A lizard.

challenge

• n. A confrontation; a dare.
• n. A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that…
• n. (law) A procedure or action.
• n. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.
• v. To invite someone to take part in a competition.
• v. To dare someone.
• v. To dispute something.
• v. (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
• v. (obsolete) To claim as due; to demand as a right.
• v. (obsolete) To censure; to blame.
• v. (military) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines).
• v. (US) To object to the reception of the vote of, e.g. on the ground that the person is not qualified as…
• v. (Canada, US) To take (a final exam) in order to get credit for a course without taking it.

contemplate

• v. To look at on all sides or in all its aspects; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard…
• v. To consider as a possibility.

converse

• v. (formal, intransitive) To talk; to engage in conversation.
• v. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; followed by with.
• v. (obsolete) To have knowledge of (a thing), from long intercourse or study.
• n. (now literary) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.
• adj. Opposite; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal.
• n. The opposite or reverse.
• n. (logic) Of a proposition or theorem of the form: given that "If A is true, then B is true", then "If B…
• n. (semantics) One of a pair of terms that name or describe a relationship from opposite perspectives; converse…

discourse

• n. (uncountable, archaic) Verbal exchange, conversation.
• n. (uncountable) Expression in words, either speech or writing.
• n. (countable) A formal lengthy exposition of some subject, either spoken or written.
• n. (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
• n. (social sciences, countable) An institutionalized way of thinking, a social boundary defining what can…
• n. (obsolete) Dealing; transaction.
• v. (intransitive) To engage in discussion or conversation; to converse.
• v. (intransitive) To write or speak formally and at length.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To debate.
• v. To exercise reason; to employ the mind in judging and inferring; to reason.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To produce or emit (musical sounds).

doubt

• n. Uncertainty, disbelief.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To lack confidence in; to disbelieve, question, or suspect.
• v. (archaic) To fear; to suspect.
• v. (obsolete) To fear; to be apprehensive of.
• v. (obsolete) To fill with fear; to affright.

doubtfulness

• n. The state or quality of being doubtful; doubt; uncertainty.

dubiousness

• n. The state of being dubious.

enquiry

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

excogitate

• v. To think over something carefully; to consider fully; cogitate.
• v. To come to a conclusion through reason or careful thought.

head

• n. (countable) The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense…
• n. (countable) The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
• n. (social, countable) A leader or expert.
• n. A significant or important part.
• n. Headway; progress.
• n. Topic; subject.
• n. (uncountable) Denouement; crisis.
• n. (fluid dynamics) Pressure and energy.
• n. (slang, uncountable) Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
• n. (slang) The glans penis.
• n. (slang, countable) A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
• n. (obsolete) Power; armed force.
• adj. Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
• adj. Foremost in rank or importance.
• adj. Placed at the top or the front.
• adj. Coming from in front.
• v. (transitive) To be in command of. (See also head up.).
• v. (transitive) To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball.
• v. (intransitive) To move in a specified direction.
• v. (fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
• v. (intransitive) To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
• v. (intransitive) To form a head.
• v. To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
• v. To cut off the top of; to lop off.
• v. (obsolete) To behead; to decapitate.
• v. To go in front of; to get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose; hence, to check or restrain.
• v. To set on the head.

inquiring

• v. present participle of inquire.

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.

interrogate

• v. (transitive) To question or quiz, especially in a thorough and/or aggressive manner.
• v. (transitive, computing) To query; to request information from.

interrogation

• n. The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry.
• n. A question put; an inquiry.
• n. ?, Indicates that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt,…

interrogative

• adj. (grammar) Asking or denoting a question: as, an interrogative phrase, pronoun, or point.
• adj. Pertaining to inquiry; questioning.
• n. (grammar) A word (pronoun, pronominal adjective, or adverb) implying interrogation, or used for asking…
• n. (typography, archaic) Synonym of question mark ⟨?⟩.
• n. (rare) A question; an interrogation.

interview

• n. (obsolete) An official face-to-face meeting of monarchs or other important figures.
• n. Any face-to-face meeting, especially of an official nature.
• n. A conversation in person (or, by extension, over the telephone, Internet etc.) between a journalist and…
• n. A formal meeting, in person, for the assessment of a candidate or applicant.
• n. A police interrogation of a suspect or party in an investigation.
• v. To ask questions of (somebody); to have an interview.
• v. To be interviewed; to attend an interview.

meditate

• v. (intransitive) To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon something; to study.
• v. (intransitive) To sit or lie down and come to a deep rest while still remaining conscious.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

mull

• v. To work (over) mentally; to cogitate; to ruminate; usually with over.
• v. To powder; to pulverize.
• v. To chop marijuana so that it becomes a smokable form.
• v. To heat and spice something, such as wine.
• v. To join two or more individual windows at mullions.
• v. To dull or stupefy.
• n. A thin, soft muslin.
• n. (uncountable) Marijuana that has been chopped to prepare it for smoking.
• n. A stew of meat, broth, milk, butter, vegetables, and seasonings, thickened with soda crackers.
• n. The gauze used in bookbinding to adhere a text block to a book's cover.
• n. An inferior kind of madder prepared from the smaller roots or the peelings and refuse of the larger.
• n. (Scotland) A promontory.
• n. A snuffbox made of the small end of a horn.
• n. dirt; rubbish.

muse

• n. A source of inspiration.
• n. (archaic) A poet; a bard.
• v. (intransitive) To become lost in thought, to ponder.
• v. (transitive) To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
• v. (transitive) To think on; to meditate on.
• v. (transitive) To wonder at.
• n. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
• n. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.

oppugn

• v. (transitive, rare) To contradict or controvert; to oppose; to challenge or question the truth or validity…

ponder

• v. To wonder, to think of deeply.
• v. To consider (something) carefully and thoroughly; to chew over, to mull over.
• v. (obsolete) To weigh.
• n. (colloquial) A period of deep thought.

precariousness

• n. A state of being uncertain or unstable.

proposal

• n. Something which is proposed, or offered for consideration or acceptance.

query

• n. A question, an inquiry (US), an enquiry (UK).
• n. A question mark.
• n. (computing, databases) A set of instructions passed to a database.
• v. (transitive) To ask, inquire.
• v. (intransitive) To ask a question.
• v. (transitive) To question or call into doubt.
• v. (computing, databases) To pass a query to a database to retrieve information.
• v. (transitive, Internet) To send a private message to (a user on IRC).

questioning

• n. The action of asking questions; a survey; an inquiry.
• n. The act of challenging, wondering and doubting.
• n. Interrogation.
• adj. Characterized by questions, inquisitiveness, doubt or wonder.
• v. present participle of question.

reflect

• v. (transitive) To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (intransitive) To be bent back (light, etc.) from a surface.
• v. (transitive) To mirror, or show the image of something.
• v. (intransitive) To be mirrored.
• v. (transitive) To agree with; to closely follow.
• v. (transitive) To give evidence of someone's or something's character etc.
• v. (intransitive) To think seriously; to ponder or consider.

ruminate

• v. (intransitive) To chew cud. (Said of ruminants.) Involves regurgitating partially digested food from the…
• v. (intransitive) To meditate or reflect.
• v. (transitive) To meditate or ponder over; to muse on.
• adj. (botany) Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg…

sentence

• n. (obsolete) Sense; meaning; significance.
• n. (obsolete) One's opinion; manner of thinking.
• n. (now rare) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.
• n. (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.
• n. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• n. A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• n. (obsolete) A saying, especially form a great person; a maxim, an apophthegm.
• n. (grammar) A grammatically complete series of words consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one…
• n. (logic) A formula with no free variables.
• n. (computing theory) Any of the set of strings that can be generated by a given formal grammar.
• v. To declare a sentence on a convicted person; to doom; to condemn to punishment.
• v. (obsolete) To decree or announce as a sentence.
• v. (obsolete) To utter sententiously.

speculate

• v. (intransitive) To think, meditate or reflect on a subject; to consider, to deliberate or cogitate.
• v. (intransitive) To make an inference based on inconclusive evidence; to surmise or conjecture.
• v. (intransitive, business, finance) To make a risky trade in the hope of making a profit; to venture or…

subject

• adj. Likely to be affected by or to experience something.
• adj. Conditional upon.
• adj. Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.
• adj. Placed under the power of another; owing allegiance to a particular sovereign or state.
• n. (grammar) In a clause: the word or word group (usually a noun phrase) that is dealt with. In active clauses…
• n. An actor; one who takes action.
• n. The main topic of a paper, work of art, discussion, field of study, etc.
• n. A particular area of study.
• n. A citizen in a monarchy.
• n. A person ruled over by another, especially a monarch or state authority.
• n. (music) The main theme or melody, especially in a fugue.
• n. A human, animal or an inanimate object that is being examined, treated, analysed, etc.
• n. (philosophy) A being that has subjective experiences, subjective consciousness, or a relationship with…
• n. (logic) That of which something is stated.
• v. (transitive, construed with to) To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially…

theme

• n. A subject of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic.
• n. A recurring idea; a motif.
• n. (dated) An essay written for school.
• n. (music) The main melody of a piece of music, especially one that is the source of variations.
• n. (film, television) A song, or a snippet of a song, that identifies a film, a TV program, a character,…
• n. (computing, figuratively) The collection of color schemes, sounds, artwork etc., that "skin" an environment…
• n. (grammar) The stem of a word.
• n. (linguistics) thematic relation of a noun phrase to a verb.
• n. (linguistics) Theta role in generative grammar and government and binding theory.
• n. (linguistics) Topic, what is generally being talked about, as opposed to rheme.
• n. A regional unit of organisation in the Byzantine empire.
• v. (transitive) To give a theme to.
• v. (computing, transitive) To apply a theme to; to change the visual appearance and/or layout of (software).

topic

• adj. topical.
• n. Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
• n. (Internet) Discussion thread.
• n. (obsolete) An argument or reason.
• n. (obsolete, medicine) An external local application or remedy, such as a plaster, a blister, etc.

uncertainness

• n. The quality of being uncertain.

uncertainty

• n. (uncountable) Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction.
• n. (countable) Something uncertain or ambiguous.
• n. (uncountable, mathematics) A parameter that measures the dispersion of a range of measured values.

wonder

• n. Something that causes amazement or awe; a marvel.
• n. Something astonishing and seemingly inexplicable.
• n. Someone very talented at something, a genius.
• n. The sense or emotion which can be inspired by something curious or unknown; surprise; astonishment.
• n. (Britain, informal) A mental pondering, a thought.
• v. (intransitive) To be affected with surprise or admiration; to be struck with astonishment; to be amazed;…
• v. (transitive) To ponder; to feel doubt and curiosity; to wait with uncertain expectation; to query in the…