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query, n. 1. question, interrogatory, inquiry; interrogation, questioning, asking; issue, problem, poser, matter in dispute, question at issue, knotty point; request, demand, desideratum; quandary, dilemma, perplexity, confusion, ambiguity; investigation, inquest, exploration, probe.
2. doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, reservation, indecision, undecidedness, irresolution; incertitude, dubiety, dubiousness, lack of certainty; incredulity, skepticism. -v. 3. ask, inquire, question, ask questions; quiz, catechize, probe, examine, test; interrogate, Inf. grill, pump, cross-examine, U.S. give the third degree, interpellate; sound out, ferret out, fish out, nose out; analyze, look into, investigate, scrutinize; examine, survey, probe, fathom.
4. doubt, suspect, mistrust, distrust, have one's doubts, entertain doubts, be uncertain, not know what to think, disbelieve, misbelieve; harbor suspicions, consider questionable, hesitate to believe, Inf. smell a rat, Inf. take with a grain of salt.
5. dispute, challenge, raise objections, protest, controvert; take exception, object, demur. quest, n. 1. search, exploration, pursuit; expedition, excursion, journey, voyage; campaign, crusade, mission, pilgrimage, march; chase, hunt, Brit, chevy; trailing, pursuance, following, coursing, tracking; stalking, prowling, seeking, searching.
2. goal, aim, mark, objective; destination, end, target, bull's-eye; quarry, quintain, prey, game; intent, intention, purpose, point, end in view; ambition, desire, desideratum, nisus, striving. -v. 3. Usu. quest for or after search for, look for, hunt for, cast about for; delve for, fish for, angle for, leave no stone unturned; chase, run after, seek, stalk.
4. pursue, desire, seek, aspire to, push toward; be intent on, contend for, aim for, have in mind; strive for, try one's best for; crave, covet, beg for. question, n. 1. query, interrogatory, inquiry; leading question, loaded question.
2. problem, issue, poser, subject of investigation, bone of contention, quodlibet, query; puzzle, enigma, riddle, mystery, conundrum. See query (def. 1).
3. doubt, uncertainty, hesitation, query. See query (def. 2).
4. beyond question beyond doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, beyond dispute, past dispute, without doubt, no doubt, doubtless, doubtlessly, undoubtedly, indubitably; undeniably, indisputably, incontestably, incontrovertibly, irrefutably.
5. call in or into question dispute, challenge, entertain doubts, be uncertain, consider questionable, query. See query (defs. 4, 5).
6. in question a. under consideration, under advisement, under examination; before the house, on the docket, on the agenda, on the table, on the floor, b. in dispute, at issue; questionable, problematic, debatable.
7. out of the question impossible, absurd, ridiculous, unheard of, preposterous; inconceivable, unimaginable, unthinkable, not to be thought of, not to be considered; prohibited, forbidden, unauthorized, unlicensed, banned, Inf. no go. -v. 8. ask, inquire, query; quiz, catechize, probe, examine. See query (def. 3).
9. doubt, suspect, mistrust, distrust, have one's doubts, query. See query (defs. 4, 5). questionable, adj. 1. debatable, controversial, polemical, in dispute; subject to discussion, moot, open to question, in question, problematic, problematical, hard to believe, open to doubt, doubtful, dubious, dubitable; uncertain, unsure, unsettled, undecided, borderline; tentative, undetermined, contingent, provisional; discussible, disputable, contestable, arguable, controvertible.
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