CHECKS Synonyms: 284 Similar and Opposite Words

checks 1 of 2

noun

plural of check

as in bills

the amount owed at a bar or restaurant or the slip of paper stating the amount diners at that temple of gastronomy often look shocked when they receive the check

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as in inspections

a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition made a careful check of the antique table before buying it

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as in statements

a record of goods sold or services performed together with the costs due request a detailed check from the company before sending any money

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as in tickets

a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance) handed over a check for his coat

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as in restrictions

something that limits one's freedom of action or choice the judiciary is intended to be a check on the executive and legislative branches of government

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as in fissures

an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure the network of fine checks on the surface would indicate that the painting is quite old

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as in halts

the stopping of a process or activity the announcement of bad news gave a sudden check to the celebration

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checks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of check

as in corresponds

to be in agreement on every point their story of what happened checks with the report of the eyewitness

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as in stops

to bring (something) to a standstill a tree finally checked the skidding car

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as in controls

to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression) check your enthusiasm a bit, and think before you marry someone you just met

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Recent Examples of checks

Noun

Across California, billions of dollars sit in unclaimed property accounts, from uncashed checks and dormant bank accounts to insurance payments and other financial assets. —

Brad Hamilton, CBS News, 16 June 2026 Age checks Platforms will be ordered to verify users’ ages. —

Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026 Continue reading … PAPERS PLEASE — Homeland Security chief defends citizenship checks at polls as critics push back. —

FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026 Once the age checks were done, the opening bars to the FIFA anthem crackled through the stadium speakers, and the players filed onto the field, gripping the hands of the young local players escorting them. —

Ryan Lenora Brown, NPR, 14 June 2026 And for these creators, once-large checks from YouTube have dwindled. —

Andrew Zucker, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2026 Johnson-Arbor said patients must be closely screened and properly monitored and supervised throughout the treatment, and clinics must follow manufacturers’ recommended cleaning, maintenance and safety checks. —

Carrie Teegardin, AJC.com, 8 June 2026 Pension funds and endowments that wrote checks for venture exposure may end up with something closer to private equity. —

Jasmine Wu,deirdre Bosa, CNBC, 8 June 2026 Dunn and Price were doing contact tracing and quarantine checks, in addition to keeping the clinic open. —

Imani Cruzen, Twin Cities, 7 June 2026

Verb

Having Jokic on the court inherently checks both of those boxes. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 12 June 2026 Cowan, though, also checks the box of a young forward with upside who is already playing in the NHL. —

Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 12 June 2026 This pollinator magnet checks all the boxes. —

Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 11 June 2026 Those moves include midcycle reviews, revised budget templates with three-year financial projections, and a financial early-warning process that checks for factors such as declining enrollment and operational deficiencies. —

Kate Perez, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2026 The app reads flights and stays, checks ahead, then nudges travelers toward choices that may save them from last‑minute airport purchases or an overstuffed suitcase filled with the wrong gear. —

Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026 If your vacation wardrobe leans coastal with a modern twist, this sleeveless maxi dress checks all the boxes. —

Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2026 Vuori checks all the boxes for what an activewear brand should be like. —

Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 June 2026 Meckler checks all three boxes. —

Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 4 June 2026

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Angel's family has started a GoFundMe to assist with her medical bills, baby products and accessible additions such as structural ramps to their home, as the teen was paralyzed in the incident and is using a wheelchair.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
More bills have been introduced this year than last, including by Republicans, said Justine Gluck, policy director of the Future of Privacy Forum, a nonprofit that advocates for data privacy in technology and whose members are from industry, academia and civic groups.

— Marc Levy, Fortune, 14 June 2026