explore
Venture into unknown
To explore is to travel through unfamiliar territory to learn about it: We spent a week exploring the Scottish Highlands.
The word extends to any systematic examination of the unknown—exploring options, exploring ideas, exploring feelings.
In medicine, exploratory surgery investigates what's happening inside the body.
Children explore their surroundings; adults explore possibilities.
Let's explore that further.
Study with attention
- probeThorough examination or tool
- inquireAsk for information
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
inspect · research · study · assess · evaluate · review · survey · question
Organized exploratory journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- voyageJourney by sea
- trekArduous overland journey
- safariWildlife observation journey
odyssey · journey · pioneer · wilderness · frontier · uncharted · mountaineering · caving
Spatial representation of terrain
- chartData shown visually
- surveySystematic data collection
- reconnoiterMilitary preliminary survey
- scoutOne who reconnoiters
terrain · geography · territory · topography · landscape · region · area · expanse
Desire to learn
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
- unveilingAct of first revealing
findings · unearth · encounter · detect · recognition · epiphany · insight · realization
Move without fixed direction
- roamTravel without fixed purpose
- traverseMove across an area
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
- visitTrip to see another
sightsee · navigate · venture · journey · itinerary · destination · wanderlust · globetrotting
Spontaneous idea generation
- ponderThink deeply about
- considerThink about carefully
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
- examineStudy with attention
entertain · mull · weigh · possibilities · options · alternatives · avenues · angles
examine
Study with attention
- probeThorough examination or tool
- inquireAsk for information
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
analyze · inspect · research · study · assess · evaluate · review · survey · question · audit
seek
Try to find
comb · rummage · ferret · delve · sift · trawl · prospect · root · rifle · ransack
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
safari · odyssey · journey · pioneer · wilderness · frontier · uncharted · mountaineering · caving · diving
map
Spatial representation of terrain
- chartData shown visually
- surveySystematic data collection
- reconnoiterMilitary preliminary survey
scout · terrain · geography · territory · topography · landscape · region · area · expanse · domain
curiosity
Desire to learn
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- uncoveringRevealing something hidden
unveiling · findings · unearth · encounter · detect · recognition · epiphany · insight · realization · serendipity
wander
Move without fixed direction
visit · sightsee · navigate · venture · journey · itinerary · destination · wanderlust · globetrotting · trekking
brainstorm
Spontaneous idea generation
- ponderThink deeply about
- considerThink about carefully
- contemplateConsider something thoroughly
examine · entertain · mull · weigh · possibilities · options · alternatives · avenues · angles · hypothesize
browse
Survey without intent
interface · menu · website · app · database · hyperlink · surfing · online · virtual · interactive
- explorationexpedition, expeditions, voyage, voyages, journey
- movementwalk, move, go, run, jump
- searchsearch, web search, seek, text search, hunt
- browsingskim, scan, leaf through, flip through, peruse
- engageengage, immerse, delve, dive, plunge
- window shoppingbrowse, browsing, window-shop, window-shopping, look around
explorestay put
Remain in place
stay home · remain · settle · hunker down · retreat
exploreassume
Accept as true
presume · take for granted · dismiss · close one's mind · dogmatize
- space explorationInvestigating the cosmos beyond Earth
- polar explorationTravel to icy extremes
- wilderness explorationJourneying through undeveloped natural areas
- British explorersUK nationals who discovered lands
- Dora the Explorer
- Internet ExplorerMicrosoft's legacy web browser
explorer, exploration, exploring, explorers, explored, unexplored, explores, exploratory, explorations