Synonyms for inquiry
ɪnˈkwaɪər i, ˈɪn kwə riin·qui·ry

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1. inquiry

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, asking, investigation, search, examination, research, scrutiny, exploration

   Antonyms:
   conjecture, guess, intuition, hypothesis, assumption, supposition

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1. inquiry, enquiry, researchnoun

   a search for knowledge

   "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

2. question, inquiry, enquiry, query, interrogationnoun

   an instance of questioning

   "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"

   Synonyms:
   examination, enquiry, doubtfulness, doubt, head, interrogation, query, motion, interrogatory, interrogative sentence, interrogative, question, research, dubiousness

3. inquiry, enquirynoun

   a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest

   Synonyms:
   enquiry, interrogation, query, research, question

Matched Categories

1. • Investigation
   • Problem Solving
   • Questioning

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   interrogation, question, query, interrogatory

2. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   investigation, examination, research, scrutiny, study, exploration

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1. inquirynoun

   Synonyms:
   question, query, interrogation, research, investigationm scrutiny

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1. List of paraphrases for "inquiry":

   investigation, survey, enquiry, research, investigative, investigations, query, investigate, inquest, investigating, enquête, 'enquête, investigación, inquiries, snooping, enquiries, surveys, fact-finding, study, investigatory, consultation, jwee, probe, viewing

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1. Mitt Romney:

   I've been reluctant from the beginning trying to advise House Democratic on how they should proceed, now that the speaker has scheduled a vote on the impeachment inquiry, I think the issue has been over taken by events.

2. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager:

   We hope to get the preliminary results in mid-2016. It is a long wait but it reflects the scope of the inquiry.

3. Isaac Newton:

   I keep the subject of my inquiry constantly before me, and wait till the first dawning opens gradually, by little and little, into a full and clear light.

4. Marco Rubio of Florida:

   I wouldn't because... I believe you should be constrained by the information that those articles are based on. ... If the House wants to start a new impeachment inquiry or pull it back and add additional elements to it, that's their choice to make.

5. Keir Starmer:

   This was a test of the Prime Minister and he has failed it, the Cabinet Secretary must now launch an urgent inquiry.