Thesaurus results for RECON

recon

noun

Definition of recon

as in reconnaissance

US, informal military activity in which soldiers, airplanes, etc., are sent to find out information about an enemy

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Recent Examples of recon Groups, like the Rollin’ Queens of Orlando and a dancing skaters’ group from Daytona Beach, have already stopped in for rolling recon, says Somaru. — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 May 2026 The Empire leader sends out a recon droid, which meets an explosive end when Grogu uses the Force on it. — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026 In the latest example of that recon technique, Check Point found that hackers had attempted to exploit five distinct vulnerabilities in Hikvision and Dahua security cameras that would have allowed their takeover. — Andy Greenberg, Wired News, 6 Mar. 2026 There’s no rest for the thirsty, however—the waiter returned, and the guests, after some brief recon, ventured into the Explorative section. — Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for recon

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recon

Noun

Pictures of Bowie conducting reconnaissance at the Capitol and buying a list of bomb-making ingredients at a hardware store — including long nails for shrapnel — were included in the affidavit.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Capers and his men knew the commander was essentially using their reconnaissance team as bait to flush out the enemy forces so the regular infantry could swoop in for the kind of large battle the big-brass strategy demanded at the time.

— Ethan Rocke, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

Noun

Along with their production crew, who went ahead to test internet connections, meet locals, and scout each stop, Al-Emad and Andrijasevic were less concerned with manufacturing confrontations than letting local people show them around.

— Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 24 Aug. 2026
Whether or not the timing of Guimaraes’ goals would have been included in Arsenal’s scout reports for the midfielder would be interesting to know.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of scout

Noun

The recovery ended a search that began on July 31 after the expedition, led by renowned climber Nirmal Purja, was swept away by an avalanche on Broad Peak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
That information would be saved in a database and available for law enforcement searches.

— Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of search

Noun

In a second interview, Dupree testified Davis stated that his nephew Orlando Anderson had been jumped, spurring Davis and cohorts on a hunt for revenge against Shakur.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026
In a few months, Abdeen’s siblings, cousins, and uncles would go off on their annual Christmastime hunts.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026