Need another word that means the same as “interrogate”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “interrogate” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Interrogate” are: question, put questions to, quiz, probe, catechize, sound out
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “interrogate” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| catechize | Examine through questioning and answering. Mrs Garrowby had catechized her sister about this unknown quantity. |
| probe | Examine physically with or as if with a probe. Hands probed his body from top to bottom. |
| put questions to | Attribute or give. |
| question | Ask someone questions especially in an official context. We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion. |
| quiz | Examine someone’s knowledge of something. Four men have been quizzed about the murder. |
| sound out | Appear in a certain way. |
| answerable | Capable of being answered. Straightforward and answerable questions. |
| ask | Require or ask for as a price or condition. I asked him to call the manager. |
| confine | Restrict or confine. The narrow confines of political life. |
| curious | Beyond or deviating from the usual or expected. A curious hybrid accent. |
| detain | Deprive of freedom; take into confinement. She made to open the door but he detained her. |
| distrust | Doubt about someone’s honesty. The public s distrust of politicians. |
| doubt | Consider unlikely or have doubts about. I doubt not any ones contradicting this Journal. |
| dubiety | The state or quality of being doubtful; uncertainty. His enemies made much of the dubiety of his paternity. |
| dubious | Hesitating or doubting. Extremely dubious assumptions. |
| enquire | Address a question to and expect an answer from. |
| inquire | Inquire about. Annie inquired after her parents. |
| inquiry | An instance of questioning. Eventually the independent inquiry was published which found that there was no case to answer. |
| inquisitive | Showing curiosity. The police are proverbially inquisitive. |
| inquisitor | An officer of the Inquisition. The professional inquisitors of the press. |
| interrogation | A transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder. He had trouble phrasing his interrogations. |
| interrogative | Some linguists consider interrogative sentences to constitute a mood. Interrogatives are not likely to crop up very often in the speech of a person who is being interviewed. |
| interrogatory | A written question which is formally put to one party in a case by another party and which must be answered. She abandoned her interrogatory monologue. |
| misgiving | Uneasiness about the fitness of an action. We have misgivings about the way the campaign is being run. |
| query | Used in writing or speaking to question the accuracy of a following statement or to introduce a question. I rang the water company to query my bill. |
| question | Pose a series of questions to. We must question your judgment in this matter. |
| questioning | Perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know. The young lieutenant escorted us to the barracks for questioning. |
| reply | A statement either spoken or written that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation. He growled his reply. |
| speculative | (of an investment) involving a high risk of loss. The bonuses cannot be put at risk due to some speculative investment. |
| suspect | Doubt the genuineness or truth of. Her motives were suspect. |
| suspicion | A feeling or thought that something is possible, likely, or true. She had a sneaking suspicion that he was laughing at her. |
| suspicious | Openly distrustful and unwilling to confide. Suspicious behavior. |
| theoretically | In theory; according to the assumed facts. The concept is theoretically flawed. |
| torture | Subject to torture. Confessions extracted under torture. |
| why | The cause or intention underlying an action or situation especially in the phrase the whys and wherefores. The whys and wherefores of these procedures need to be explained to students. |
| wonder | A thing or a quality of something that causes wonder. He observed the intricacy of the ironwork with the wonder of a child. |
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