search
Look for something
Search is the act of looking carefully through a space or set of things to find something specific.
You search a room, a database, a person's belongings.
Police search for suspects; we search for meaning.
A search can be physical They conducted a search of the vehicle or digital a quick search online.
To search someone is to examine them for concealed items.
The phrase search me expresses ignorance: Why did he leave? Search me.
Request for information
- queryRequest for information
- lookupAct of retrieving information
- seekTry to find
- findLocate through effort
hunt · scan · browse · explore · investigate · probe · examine · study
Dominant web search provider
- YahooNineties web services pioneer
- engineMachine producing motion
- browserWeb access program
- keywordsImportant identifying words
SEO · results · query · filter · autocomplete · crawl · index · algorithm
Request for information
- filterPorous separation device
- indexAlphabetical guide to contents
- retrievalAct of getting back
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
sort · keyword · boolean · wildcard · regex · match · crawl · parse
Professional crime investigator
- cluesHints toward answers
- sleuthPrivate investigator
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
surveillance · undercover · manhunt · dragnet · suspect · warrant · canvass · APB
Organized exploratory journey
- questSeeking journey for something
- journeyTravel from place to place
- voyageJourney by sea
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
pioneer · frontier · uncharted · territory · wilderness · scout · navigate · trailblaze
Act of finding something
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- warrantFormal authorization document
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
disclosure · evidence · plaintiff · defendant · testimony · litigation · inspection · affidavit
Locate through effort
- uncoverReveal what's hidden
- unearthExcavate or reveal hidden
- locateDiscover the position of
- detectNotice or discover
stumble · serendipity · eureka · breakthrough · revelation · treasure · hidden · lost
question
Request for information
find · hunt · scan · browse · explore · investigate · probe · examine · study · survey
Dominant web search provider
keywords · SEO · results · query · filter · autocomplete · crawl · index · algorithm · ranking
query
Request for information
database · sort · keyword · boolean · wildcard · regex · match · crawl · parse · catalog
detective
Professional crime investigator
evidence · surveillance · undercover · manhunt · dragnet · suspect · warrant · canvass · APB · missing
expedition
Organized exploratory journey
adventure · pioneer · frontier · uncharted · territory · wilderness · scout · navigate · trailblaze · safari
discovery
Act of finding something
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- warrantFormal authorization document
- seizureForcible taking or convulsion
deposition · disclosure · evidence · plaintiff · defendant · testimony · litigation · inspection · affidavit · interrogatory
find
Locate through effort
detect · stumble · serendipity · eureka · breakthrough · revelation · treasure · hidden · lost · buried
- explorationexploration, explore, expedition, expeditions, voyage
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- button labelssubmit, cancel, save, delete, edit
- computingcomputer, computers, software, hardware, code
- online shoppingAmazon, cart, checkout, e-commerce, Walmart
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- word searchHidden vocabulary grid puzzle
- job searchSeeking paid employment
- search engineTool for locating websites
- search partyGroup seeking someone lost
- searching forTrying to find
- search warrantDocument permitting lawful premises examination
research, searching, researcher, searched, searches, researched, searcher, researching, researchers