fact-finding

Questions about fact-finding

What is another word for fact-finding?

It depends which fact-finding you mean. In the sense “designed to find information or ascertain facts”, the synonyms are investigative, investigatory. Across all 1 sense there are 2 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of fact-finding?

WordNet records no antonym for fact-finding. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for fact-finding come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of fact-finding

• Full entry for fact-findingAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for fact-findingWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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