Synonyms of the word

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.

enquiry

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

explore

• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To seek for something or after someone.
• v. (transitive) To examine or investigate something systematically.
• v. (transitive) To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
• v. (intransitive, medicine) To examine diagnostically.
• v. (transitive) To (seek) experience first hand.
• v. (intransitive) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
• v. (intransitive) To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
• v. (transitive) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
• n. (colloquial) An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

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.

investigate

• v. (transitive) To inquire into or study in order to ascertain facts or information.
• v. (transitive) To examine, look into, or scrutinize in order to discover something hidden or secret.
• v. (intransitive) To conduct an inquiry or examination.

investigating

• v. present participle of investigate.

investigation

• n. The act of investigating; the process of inquiring into or following up; research, especially patient…

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.