CATECHIZED Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

catechized

verb

past tense of catechize

as in asked

to put a question or questions to her roommates catechized her about every detail of her first day at her new job

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as in interrogated

to put a series of questions to applicants are rigorously catechized by the seminary's rector regarding their motives for joining the priesthood

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In one of her first meetings, she was asked to look at the designs for a new truck cab and formally approve it.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
An indiscriminate cast of men and women, boys and girls, is asked to act out athletic tasks.

— Megan Feringa, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of asked

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In the prisoner’s dilemma, a pair of thieves have been captured and are being separately interrogated by the police.

— Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026
The parallels between what happened and is still happening in Gaza right now and what happened during World War II clearly are not lost on some of the Israeli men and women interrogated here, even if the scale and details are certainly different.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of interrogated

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The experts also questioned whether Harry and Meghan are equally invested in making Britain a permanent home.

— Christina Dugan Ramirez , Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
The Bass campaign’s decision came after The Times questioned whether the donations might run afoul of a city law that restricts campaign contributions by city contractors.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of questioned

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Engineers who separately examined the building’s exterior supposedly found widespread corrosion in structural components of the soffit panels along the underside of an overhang that wraps around the center.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Webb has detailed how the Broncos have examined the layering of routes to ensure progressions best fit how Nix reads the field.

— Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of examined

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Barbera and his team then decided to go ahead and hold the presser after online observers blasted Venice’s hesitation to cancel it as a move to shield jury members from being quizzed about politics.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 1 Sep. 2026
The cop then quizzed me about my girlfriend and her whereabouts.

— George Boedecker Jr, Harpers Magazine, 1 Sep. 2026

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