Synonyms for check
- verb
- noun
- American English
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Stop — to control, limit, or halt
stop, stay, hold back, hold in, control, curb US, turn back, catch, contain, withhold, arrest, suppress, hold, guard, oppose, bar, restrain, dampen, stifle, inhibit, restrict, repress
2. Find out
see, find out, find, verify, see to it, examine, watch, determine, ensure, learn, discover, assure, ascertain, insure, troubleshoot
3. Tick — to mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or…
4. Agree
agree, tally, match, fit, correspond
Other
go over, look into, suss out informal, delay, checker US, chequer UK, break, crack, retard, overlook, condition, train, tackle
Noun
1. Verification
Other
check-out, going over, ticket, bridle, hold-down, draft US, draught UK, hindrance, chip, suppression, restraint, resistance
Definitions
- v. 1
To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).
Check the correct answer to each question.
- v. 2
To control, limit, or halt.
Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation.
- n. 1
An inspection or examination.
I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.
- n. 2
A control; a limit or stop.
The castle moat should hold the enemy in check.
Related words
- Word family
- checkmate checkpoint checkroom checkstop checksum checkweighman checkability checkable
- Phrases
- check-out check off check into check over check up on reality check sanity check blue check
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Check is allied to rebuke, and given before or during action; chiding is nearer to reproof, but with more of personal bitterness and less of authority.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- find Everywhere you go, you will find the same scenery.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| check | rising | |
| find | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- see1, fit1, bar1, tab1
- 4 letters
- find1, stop1, stay1, hold1, mark1, chip1, halt1, curb1, tick1, chit1
- 5 letters
- watch1, learn1, break1, match1, agree2, train1, catch1, guard1, draft1, delay2, crack1, tally2, hitch1
- 6 letters
- ensure2, ticket2, arrest2, tackle2, assure2, oppose2, verify3, insure2, retard2, stifle2, dampen2, bridle2
- 7 letters
- control2, contain2, examine3, inhibit3, checker2, draught1, repress2, chequer
- 8 letters
- discover3, restrict2, suppress2, overlook3, withhold2, restrain2
- 9 letters
- condition3, determine3, restraint2, ascertain3, hindrance2
- 10 letters
- resistance3, correspond3
- 11 letters
- suppression3
- 12 letters
- confirmation4, verification5, troubleshoot3
- 14 letters
- substantiation5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (agree2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- vérifier
- Italiano
- verificare
- Español
- verificar
- Deutsch
- überprüfen
- Català
- comprovar