questions
What interrogators pose
Questions are inquiries seeking information, clarification, or confirmation.
The word covers everything from simple requests Any questions? to profound uncertainties questions of existence.
To question something is to express doubt about it: She questioned his motives.
A question can also be a matter under discussion: The question before us is whether to proceed.
Without question means certainly; out of the question means impossible.
Request for information
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
discovery · interest · fascination · puzzlement · seeking · probing · investigation · learning
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- challengeTest of ability
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
- cross-examinationOpposing party questions witness
grilling · opposition · disputation · rhetoric · dialectic · proposition · resolution · motion
Formal knowledge assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- quizBrief informal test
- midtermExam at semester's middle
final · essay · short-answer · multiple-choice · true-false · fill-in-the-blank · oral · written
Relating to existence itself
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- moralConcerning right conduct
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
- rhetoricalUsing language for effect
hypothetical · Socratic · fundamental · ultimate · meaning · purpose · truth · knowledge
Exchange of ideas
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- exchangeMutual giving and receiving
- askingPosing questions
- answeringProviding a response
chat · discourse · consultation · interview · Q&A · back-and-forth · clarification · follow-up
Gathering of opinions
- censusOfficial population count
- formShape or document
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- samplingExtracting subset for study
respondent · demographic · opinion · feedback · rating · scale · open-ended · closed-ended
Forced choice between undesirables
- challengeTest of ability
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- riddlePuzzling question to solve
- conundrumPerplexing problem or question
quandary · issue · difficulty · complication · predicament · obstacle · uncertainty · doubt
inquiry
Request for information
- wonderingFeeling curiosity about something
- inquisitivenessEager desire to learn
- ponderingThinking deeply about something
exploration · discovery · interest · fascination · puzzlement · seeking · probing · investigation · learning · understanding
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
- contentionAssertion or rivalry
- challengeTest of ability
- rebuttalFormal response disputing claims
cross-examination · grilling · opposition · disputation · rhetoric · dialectic · proposition · resolution · motion · objection
exam
Formal knowledge assessment
- testEvaluative examination
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- quizBrief informal test
midterm · final · essay · short-answer · multiple-choice · true-false · fill-in-the-blank · oral · written · standardized
existential
Relating to existence itself
- ethicalConforming to moral principles
- moralConcerning right conduct
- metaphysicalBeyond the material realm
rhetorical · hypothetical · Socratic · fundamental · ultimate · meaning · purpose · truth · knowledge · existence
discussion
Exchange of ideas
answering · chat · discourse · consultation · interview · Q&A · back-and-forth · clarification · follow-up · prompting
poll
Gathering of opinions
sampling · respondent · demographic · opinion · feedback · rating · scale · open-ended · closed-ended · focus-group
dilemma
Forced choice between undesirables
conundrum · quandary · issue · difficulty · complication · predicament · obstacle · uncertainty · doubt · enigma
- classroomdesk, desks, chair, chairs, teacher
- communicationtelephone, conversation, inform, hand signal, messages
- conversationlistening, talk, talking, chat, speaking
- questionsinquiry, query, interrogatives, what, who
- game showsbuzzer, buzzers, contestant, contestants, jackpot
- child curiositywonder, exploration, imagination, discovery, play
questionsanswers
Reactions to queries
replies · responses · solutions · explanations · resolutions
questionsaccepts
Consents to receive
believes · unquestioningly · trusts · acceptance · faith
questionsstatements
Expressed claims or declarations
declarations · assertions · proclamations · announcements · affirmations
- good questionInquiry worth pondering
- I have a questionRequest for information
- trick questionDeliberately misleading inquiry
- out of the questionCompletely impossible to consider
- without questionBeyond any doubt
- question marksSymbols ending queries
question, questioning, questionable, questioned, questioner, unquestionable, unquestionably, unquestioned, unquestioning