INTERROGATORIES Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

interrogatories

noun

plural of interrogatory

as in investigations

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for interrogatories

Noun

Countless vigilantes have taken to the roadways armed with trash bags, spray paint, laser pointers, and power drills to render the surveillance poles useless, resulting in arrests and investigations by police.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 30 July 2026
Other chains are also feeling some impact from the outbreak even though they haven’t been named in government investigations.

— Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 30 July 2026

Definition of investigations

Noun

Their demonstrations against malpractice and mismanagement in national college-level qualifying examinations ultimately led to the resignation of the union education minister and sparked hopes of wider reforms in education.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
The legislation now before Parliament amends a law passed in that same period, intended to deter organized malpractice and protect the credibility of public examinations.

— Penny Abeywardena, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of examinations

Noun

Indeed, Microsoft was enjoying its stock rising almost 2% from that cloud growth after Wednesday’s close of market as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from analysts wondering why his company wouldn’t do the same.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 30 July 2026
The report noted that seven Miami-Dade building officials did not submit information to the state, and analysts said Aventura did not respond to questions about whether any buildings had been vacated.

— David Smiley, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026

Definition of questions

Noun

Ortiz and Edgar Castro, founding partner of the Southern Group’s Miami office, did not respond to requests for comment.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
The senators’ requests are in line with claims Blanche already made to the Senate about the scope of the immunity agreement being much narrower than the actual language of the deal suggests.

— Alison Durkee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of requests

Noun

Ein said more than 80% of inquiries that the tournament’s ticketing team received in the lead up to the event were asking when Eala would be playing.

— Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 2 Aug. 2026
The base fire department referred inquiries to the MCAS public affairs office, which had no updates on the size of the blaze or when it was knocked down.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 31 July 2026

Definition of inquiries

Noun

Lee says Carl Jung’s explorations of a person’s darker urges, hidden side and projection directly influenced the writing, especially when confronting those aspects in Lee himself.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026
His explorations of being poor, marginal, and stereotyped took many forms, including drawing and painting, which are the focuses of a posthumous exhibition of his work at the Drawing Center.

— Coco Fusco, The New York Review of Books, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of explorations

Noun

Independent research from Princeton and the University of Chicago found that models that had improved on standard bias benchmarks, including GPT-4, still showed stereotype associations on implicit probes modeled on the Implicit Association Test.

— Prashanth Harshangi, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Carried out under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, the probes were announced in March and completed in early June.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 28 July 2026

Definition of probes

Noun

Rubiano, who will be the biennial’s curator of public programs and outreach, is the director of humanities and literary studies at Jorge Tadeo Lozano University.

— News Desk, Artforum, 3 Aug. 2026
She was born and raised in Rockland County, New York, and graduated from Binghamton University with a double major in comparative literature and Judaic studies.

— Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of studies

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

interrogatives

interrogatories

interrogatory

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Interrogatories.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interrogatories. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of interrogatories

noun

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster on interrogatories

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

colloquial

Popular in Grammar & Usage

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

'Sneaked' or 'Snuck': Which is correct?

Why does English have so many silent letters?

Popular in Wordplay

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

14 Phobias You Probably Haven't Heard Of

How long is a jiffy?

Even More Bird Names that Sound Like Insults (and Sometimes Are)

Popular

7 Pairs of Commonly Confused Words

The Longest Long Words List

It's a Scorcher! Words for the Summer Heat

Games & Quizzes