| Explore 1. (v. t.) To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. 2. (v. t.) To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. Thesaurus Entries beat the bushes, burrow, delve, delve into, dig, dig into, examine, fathom, forage, frisk, go into, go through, hunt, indagate, inquire into, inspect, investigate, look around, look into, look round, look through, nose around, observe, peer into, plumb, poke, poke around, poke into, probe, prospect, pry, pry into, quarry, question, research, review, root, scrutinize, search, search into, search through, sift, smell around, sound, study, survey, test, tour, travel, traverse, try |