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check (out)

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of check (out)

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)

  • check out the house and let me know if you think it's worth buying
Synonyms of check (out)

audit, con, examine, inspect, overlook, oversee, review, scan, scrutinize, survey, view
Words Related to check (out)

notice, observe, watch

comb, peruse, pore (over)

analyze, dissect, parse

delve (into), explore, investigate, plumb, probe, research, study

categorize, classify

pick over

reinspect, rereview, resurvey
Phrases Synonymous with check (out)

go over
Near Antonyms of check (out)

skim

glance (at or over)

miss, overlook

check out

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of check out

to stop living

  • there are a lot of sights around the world that I want to see before I check out
Synonyms of check out

conk (out), croak [slang], decease, demise, depart, die, drop, end, exit, expire, fall, flatline, go, kick in [slang], kick off [slang], part, pass (on), pass away, peg out [chiefly British], perish, pop off, step out, succumb
Words Related to check out

predecease

consume, disappear, dry up, fade, fail
Phrases Synonymous with check out

bite the dust, buy it (or buy the farm), give up the ghost, kick the bucket, snuff it [British]
Near Antonyms of check out

come to, revive

linger

be, exist, subsist

flourish, prosper, thrive
Antonyms of check out

breathe, live

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