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 Grier received the kind of elite recon that all great heists need. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 June 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for recon

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recon

Noun

Chinese troops conducted reconnaissance and targeting exercises, obstacle breaching, coordinated attacks and battlefield medical drills before the exercise moved into its main operational phase, the South China Morning Post reported.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026
Lateral movement can produce indicators such as unusual account access, authentication activity, privilege escalation attempts or network reconnaissance.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of reconnaissance

Noun

According to a handful of NFL scouts, Arch Manning’s status as a top-10 pick is secure, based in part on his last name.

— Mac Engel October 10, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Oct. 2026
Claire was then-Dodgers president Peter O’Malley’s surprise choice to replace Campanis, and his hiring raised the eyebrows of his new peers, who saw Claire as an outsider with no background as a player, coach, manager or scout.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of scout

Noun

One boat was traveling from Ubangi, in the northwest, to the capital of Kinshasa, and the other from Kinshasa to Lukolela, close to where the collision happened, Mputu said, and added that search efforts continue to find more victims and survivors.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Oct. 2026
The next step was finding a director; according to sources, the search was thorough with not only Black Label and Thunder Road producers meeting potential candidates but the lead cast having their own meetings as well.

— Justin Kroll, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of search

Noun

Her fierce survival instincts see her turn the tables on them, transforming their hunt into her own cat-and-mouse game.

— Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2026
Weatherford downs Arlington Lamar Weatherford picked up a crucial 35-28 win over Arlington Lamar on Friday, moving into the District 3-6A playoff hunt.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2026