Synonyms for dissect
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Verb
1. Analyze
analyze US, analyse UK, scrutinize, scrutinise UK, take apart, sift, anatomize dated UK US, anatomise UK
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Definitions
- v. 1
To study an animal's anatomy by cutting it apart; to perform a necropsy or an autopsy.
Related words
- Word family
- dissectable dissector dissection
Forms
- Past participle
- dissected
e.g. dissected → analyzed, scrutinized, sifted, anatomized…
Example sentences
- sift Did you sift the flour before you made the cookie batter?
- scrutinize We're going to scrutinize everything.
- divide It's better to divide the corpse into five pieces.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| dissect | rising | |
| sift | rising | |
| scrutinize | steady | |
| divide | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- cut1
- 4 letters
- sift1
- 6 letters
- divide2
- 7 letters
- analyze3, analyse
- 9 letters
- anatomize, anatomise
- 10 letters
- scrutinize3, scrutinise
- 12 letters
- contextomize
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (divide2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- disséquer
- Español
- disecar
- Deutsch
- sezieren
- Català
- disseccionar