Synonyms for inquiry
Most common
question query interrogation examination research investigation
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Query
question, query, interrogation, examination, interrogatory, demand
2. Investigation — A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation…
research, investigation, scrutiny, study, exploration, search, quest dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A search for truth, information, or knowledge; examination of facts or principles; research; investigation; inquest.
- n. 2
The act of inquiring; a seeking of information by asking questions; interrogation; a question or questioning.
Related words
- Phrases
- hard inquiry soft inquiry
- Other spellings
- enquiry UK
Forms
- Plural
- inquiries → questions, queries, interrogations, examinations…
Example sentences
- examination As a matter of course, she passed the examination.
- query Please type your query in the search box and press enter.
- interrogation He is silent, like a partisan under interrogation.
- investigation They were pioneers in the investigation of cancer.
- scrutiny The downside of fame is public scrutiny.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| inquiry | falling | |
| examination | falling | |
| query | rising | |
| interrogation | rising | |
| interrogatory | falling | |
| investigation | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- study2, quest1, query2
- 6 letters
- search1, demand2
- 8 letters
- research2, question2, scrutiny3
- 11 letters
- examination5, exploration4
- 13 letters
- investigation5, interrogation5, interrogatory6
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study2 = 2 syllables).