v. 1
To inspect, or take a view of; to view with attention, as from a high place; to overlook
He stood on a hill, and surveyed the surrounding country.
v. 2
To view with a scrutinizing eye; to examine.
n. 1
The act of surveying; a general view.
n. 2
A particular view; an examination, especially an official examination, of a particular group of items, in order to ascertain the condition, quantity, or quality.
A survey of the stores of a ship; a survey of roads and bridges; a survey of buildings.

Related words

Forms

Plural: surveys → views, sights, sketches, resumes…
Past participle: surveyed
e.g. surveyed → examined, scanned, looked, inspected…

Survey or View?

View and survey are comprehensive, survey expressing the greater exactness of measurement or estimate.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

3 letters: ken¹
4 letters: look¹, view¹, poll¹, scan¹
5 letters: study², sight¹, scout¹
6 letters: follow², review², resume², sketch¹, luster², lustre²
7 letters: examine³, observe², inspect², surveil²
8 letters: prospect², scrutiny³, traverse², appraise², lustrate
10 letters: inspection³, scrutinize³, scrutinise
11 letters: examination⁵, contemplate³, reconnoiter⁴, superintend, reconnoitre⁴, mensuration, circularize⁴, circularise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (study² = 2 syllables).