Synonyms of querying

querying

verb

present participle of query

1

as in questioning

to demand proof of the truth or rightness of

it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order

Synonyms & Similar Words

• questioning
• challenging
• contesting
• disputing
• impeaching
• doubting
• calling in question
• oppugning
• protesting
• resisting
• fighting
• opposing
• mistrusting
• objecting (to)
• kicking (about)
• combating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• believing
• accepting
• supporting
• embracing
• swallowing
• defending
• promoting
• advocating
• backing
• enduring
• tolerating
• championing
• abiding
• stomaching

2

as in asking

to put a question or questions to

queried the professor about the assignment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• asking
• interrogating
• questioning
• quizzing
• inquiring (of)
• grilling
• examining
• catechizing
• pumping
• bombarding
• surveying
• cross-examining
• polling
• besieging
• cross-questioning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• responding
• answering
• replying
• observing
• commenting
• avoiding
• remarking
• rejoining
• retorting
• ducking

3

as in interrogating

to put a series of questions to

once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interrogating
• examining
• questioning
• quizzing
• pumping
• grilling
• catechizing
• sweating
• picking the brains of
• debriefing
• giving the third degree to
• harassing
• pestering
• cross-examining
• canvassing
• annoying
• polling
• hounding
• cross-questioning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of querying

The company added that some search terms tested by the group carried ambiguous intentions that didn’t overtly signal a mental health crisis, and that people usually ask follow-ups after first querying Google. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Some firms now require employees to document their own reasoning before querying AI and flag where the two diverge, turning a usage log into an actual signal of judgment. — Juliette Han, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026

Officials believe these operations involve querying advanced AI systems repeatedly. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026

Reports of the court's concern were cited by privacy advocates and some congressional aides as a reason Congress should not reauthorize the law without changes and without the administration explaining the querying filter issue. — Arkansas Online, 12 Apr. 2026

Instead of flooding analysts with thousands of warnings, the agents gather evidence in real time—querying threat-intelligence databases, analyzing behavioral patterns, and filtering out false positives—before deciding whether a situation warrants escalation. — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2026

The company helps its clients connect their data with AI models to launch custom agents, in addition to providing tools for storing, processing and querying data. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026

People who are obsessed with querying to the point of ignoring the actual work aren’t going to produce anything of value. — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026

The chips will primarily be used for inferencing, a kind of querying of a large language model so a chatbot can generate an answer. — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025