Synonyms of the word

pry

• v. To look where one is not welcome; to be nosey.
• v. To look closely and curiously at.
• n. The act of prying.
• n. An excessively inquisitive person.
• n. A lever.
• n. Leverage.
• v. To use leverage to open or widen. (See also prise and prize.).

ask

• v. To request (information, or an answer to a question).
• v. To put forward (a question) to be answered.
• v. To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
• v. To request or petition; usually with for.
• v. To request permission to do something.
• v. To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
• v. To invite.
• v. To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
• v. (figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
• n. An act or instance of asking.
• n. Something asked or asked for; a request.
• n. An asking price.
• n. (Britain dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
• n. (Britain dialectal) A lizard.

crowbar

• n. An iron or steel bar, often with a flattened end which may also be hook-shaped, to be used as a lever…
• n. An electrical circuit that prevents an overvoltage from causing damage.
• n. A type of cocktail made with only Crown Royal whiskey and lemon lime soda.
• v. (transitive) To use force to move.

enquire

• v. (intransitive) To make an enquiry.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).

extort

• v. (transitive) To take or seize off an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any…
• v. (transitive, law) To obtain by means of the offense of extortion.
• v. (transitive and intransitive, medicine, ophthalmology) To twist outwards.

inquire

• v. (US) To ask (about something).
• v. To make an inquiry or an investigation.

intrude

• v. To thrust oneself in; to come or enter without invitation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass.

jimmy

• n. (in the plural only, dialectal, US, usually in the plural) Chocolate sprinkles used as a topping for ice…
• n. (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
• n. A device used to circumvent a locking mechanism; a slim-Jim.
• n. (slang) Royal Navy slang for First Lieutenant (Executive Officer).
• n. (US) A jemmy; a crowbar used by burglars to open windows and doors.
• n. (US, slang) A penis.
• n. (US, slang) A condom.
• n. (rare) A male crab; a cock.
• v. To pry (something, especially a lock) open with or as if with a crowbar.

lever

• n. (obsolete, except in generalized senses below) A crowbar.
• n. (mechanics) A rigid piece which is capable of turning about one point, or axis (the fulcrum), and in which…
• n. A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a button).
• n. (mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
• n. (mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
• v. (transitive) To move with a lever.
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To use, operate or move (something) like a lever (physically).
• v. (figuratively, transitive) To use (something) like a lever (in an abstract sense).
• v. (chiefly Britain, finance) To increase the share of debt in the capitalization of a business.
• adv. (obsolete) Rather.
• n. (rare) A levee.

look

• v. (intransitive, often with "at") To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
• v. To appear, to seem.
• v. (copulative) To give an appearance of being.
• v. (intransitive, often with "for") To search for, to try to find.
• v. To face or present a view.
• v. To expect or anticipate.
• v. (transitive) To express or manifest by a look.
• v. (transitive, often with "to") To make sure of, to see to.
• v. (dated, sometimes figuratively) To show oneself in looking.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To look at; to turn the eyes toward.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To seek; to search for.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To expect.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To influence, overawe, or subdue by looks or presence.
• v. (baseball) To look at a pitch as a batter without swinging at it.
• interj. Pay attention.
• n. The action of looking, an attempt to see.
• n. (often plural) Physical appearance, visual impression.
• n. A facial expression.

nose

• n. A protuberance on the face housing the nostrils, which are used to breathe or smell.
• n. A snout, the nose of an animal.
• n. The tip of an object.
• n. (horse racing) The length of a horse’s nose, used to indicate the distance between horses at the finish…
• n. A perfumer.
• n. The power of smelling.
• n. Bouquet, the smell of something, especially wine.
• n. The skill in recognising bouquet.
• n. (by extension) Skill at finding information.
• v. (intransitive) To move cautiously by advancing its front end.
• v. (intransitive) To snoop.
• v. (transitive) To detect by smell or as if by smell.
• v. (transitive) To push with one's nose; to nuzzle.
• v. (transitive) To defeat (as in a race or other contest) by a narrow margin; sometimes with out.
• v. (transitive) To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with a nose.
• v. (transitive) To confront; be closely face to face or opposite to.

open

• adj. (not comparable) not closed; accessible; unimpeded.
• adj. Not drawn together, closed, or contracted; extended; expanded.
• adj. (not comparable) Actively conducting or prepared to conduct business.
• adj. (comparable) Receptive.
• adj. (not comparable) Public.
• adj. (not comparable) Candid, ingenuous, not subtle in character.
• adj. (mathematics, logic, of a formula) Having a free variable.
• adj. (graph theory, of a walk) Whose first and last vertices are different.
• adj. (computing, not comparable, of a file, document, etc.) In current use; mapped to part of memory.
• adj. (business) Not fulfilled.
• adj. Not settled or adjusted; not decided or determined; not closed or withdrawn from consideration.
• adj. (music, stringed instruments) Without any fingers pressing the string against the fingerboard.
• adj. Not of a quality to prevent communication, as by closing waterways, blocking roads, etc.; hence, not frosty…
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered with a relatively wide opening of the articulating organs; said of vowels.
• adj. (phonetics) Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure.
• adj. (phonetics, of a syllable) That ends in a vowel; not having a coda.
• adj. (computing) Made public, usable with a free licence.
• adj. (medicine) Resulting from an incision, puncture or any other process by which the skin no longer protects…
• v. (transitive) To make something accessible or remove an obstacle to its being accessible.
• v. (transitive) To bring up (a topic).
• v. (transitive) To make accessible to customers or clients.
• v. (transitive) To start (a campaign).
• v. (intransitive) To become open.
• v. (intransitive) To begin conducting business.
• v. To enter upon; to begin.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To begin a side's innings as one of the first two batsmen.
• v. (intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, poker) To reveal one's hand.
• v. (computing, transitive, intransitive, of a file, document, etc.) To load into memory for viewing or editing.
• v. To spread; to expand into an open or loose position.
• v. (obsolete) To disclose; to reveal; to interpret; to explain.
• n. A sports event in which anybody can compete; as, the Australian Open.
• n. (electronics) a wire that is broken midway.
• n. (with the) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.
• n. (with the) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.

poke

• v. To prod or jab with an object such as a finger or a stick.
• v. To stir up a fire to remove ash or promote burning.
• v. (figuratively) To rummage as in to poke about in.
• v. (transitive, computing) To modify the value stored in (a memory address).
• v. To put a poke on.
• v. To thrust with the horns; to gore.
• v. (informal, Internet) To notify.
• v. (transitive) To thrust (something) in a particular direction such as the tongue.
• n. A prod, jab, or punch.
• n. (US, slang) A lazy person; a dawdler.
• n. (US, slang) A stupid or uninteresting person.
• n. (US) A device to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences, consisting of a yoke with…
• n. (computing) The storage of a value in a memory address, typically to modify the behaviour of a program…
• n. (now regional) A sack or bag.
• n. A long, wide sleeve; a poke sleeve.
• n. (Scotland, Northern Ireland) An ice cream cone.
• n. (dialectal) Pokeweed.
• n. (Hawaii) Slices or cubes of raw fish or other raw seafood, mixed with sesame oil, seaweed, sea salt, herbs,…

prise

• n. (obsolete) An enterprise.
• n. Obsolete form of prize.
• v. To force (open) with a lever; to pry.

prize

• n. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior…
• n. (military, nautical) Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property…
• n. An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an…
• n. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
• n. Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
• n. A contest for a reward; competition.
• n. A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever. Also spelled prise.
• v. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
• v. (obsolete) To set or estimate the value of; to appraise; to price; to rate.
• v. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
• v. (obsolete) To compete in a prizefight.
• adj. Having won a prize; award-winning.
• adj. first-rate; exceptional.

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.