Related WordNet synsets for SUMO concept Searching

More specialized WordNet synsets

exploration, geographic expedition
to travel for the purpose of discovery
search
boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas; "right of search"
survey, study
a detailed critical inspection
search mission
a mission to discover something
scouring
moving over territory to search for something; "scouring the entire area revealed nothing"
search
the examination of alternative hypotheses; "his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful"
hunt, pursuit, quest
a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria
range in, home in, zero in
direct onto a point or target, esp. by automatic navigational aids
fix up
find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"
probe, dig into, poke into
examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"
search, seek, look for
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
want
hunt or look for; want for a particular reason: "Your former neighbor is wanted by the FBI"; "Uncle Sam wants you"
scour
examine minutely; "The police scoured the country for the fugitive"
seek out
look for a specific person or thing
quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"
search
subject to a search; "The police searched the suspect"; "We searched the whole house for the missing keys"
rifle, go
go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way; "Who rifled through my desk drawers?"
scan
make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
rummage
search haphazardly; "We rummaged through the drawers"
comb, ransack
search thoroughly; "They combed the area for the missing child"
fish, angle
seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"
ferret, grub
search busily; "ferret out the truth"
carry
pursue a line of scent or be a bearer, as of a dog; "fetch and carry"
quest
search the trail of, as of game: "The dog went of and quested"
trace, retrace
to go back over again, as of a route or steps: we retraced the route we took last summer.
backtrack, turn back, double back
retrace one's course
home
return home accurately from a long distance, as of some birds; "homing pigeons"
candle
examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light
glass
scan with binoculars, as for game in the forest
scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down
examine hastily
scan
examine minutely or intensely
pry, nose, poke
search or inquire in a meddlesome way; "This guy is always nosing around the office"
seek
try to get or reach; "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"
quest
make a search (for); "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"
exploratory, explorative
serving in or intended for exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats"
searching
exploring thoroughly
nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative (opposite)
not exploratory