All check synonyms

verb check

• find out — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
• probe — to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
• go through — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• monitor — (especially formerly) a student appointed to assist in the conduct of a class or school, as to help take attendance or keep order.
• confirm — If something confirms what you believe, suspect, or fear, it shows that it is definitely true.
• verify — to prove the truth of, as by evidence or testimony; confirm; substantiate: Events verified his prediction.
• review — a form of theatrical entertainment in which recent events, popular fads, etc., are parodied.
• scrutinize — to examine in detail with careful or critical attention.
• correct — If something is correct, it is in accordance with the facts and has no mistakes.
• try — to attempt to do or accomplish: Try it before you say it's simple.
• investigate — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
• test — Zoology. the hard, protective shell or covering of certain invertebrates, as echinoderms or tunicates.
• analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
• study — a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• count — A Count is a European nobleman with the same rank as an English earl.
• compare — When you compare things, you consider them and discover the differences or similarities between them.
• prove — to establish the truth or genuineness of, as by evidence or argument: to prove one's claim.
• overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
• quiz — an informal test or examination of a student or class.
• note — a brief record of something written down to assist the memory or for future reference.
• audit — When an accountant audits an organization's accounts, he or she examines the accounts officially in order to make sure that they have been done correctly.
• frisk — to dance, leap, skip, or gambol; frolic: The dogs and children frisked about on the lawn.
• ascertain — If you ascertain the truth about something, you find out what it is, especially by making a deliberate effort to do so.
• candle — A candle is a stick of hard wax with a piece of string called a wick through the middle. You light the wick in order to give a steady flame that provides light.
• tell — to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• repulse — to drive back; repel: to repulse an assailant.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• neutralize — to make neutral; cause to undergo neutralization.
• terminate — to bring to an end; put an end to: to terminate a contract.
• obviate — to anticipate and prevent or eliminate (difficulties, disadvantages, etc.) by effective measures; render unnecessary: to obviate the risk of serious injury.
• harness — the combination of straps, bands, and other parts forming the working gear of a draft animal. Compare yoke1 (def 1).
• snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
• counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
• tame — changed from the wild or savage state; domesticated: a tame bear.
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• bottleneck — A bottleneck is a place where a road becomes narrow or where it meets another road so that the traffic slows down or stops, often causing traffic jams.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• moderate — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.