Synonyms of sorting (through)

sorting (through)

verb

present participle of sort (through)

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searching
• hunting (through)
• digging (through)
• scanning
• finding
• combing
• surveying
• raking
• exploring
• locating
• dredging
• checking (out)
• trolling
• investigating
• scouring
• examining
• finding out
• hitting (on or upon)
• running down
• tracking (down)
• rummaging
• ferreting (out)
• shaking down
• poking (around)
• inspecting
• patting down
• rifling
• ransacking
• looking over
• glancing (over)
• reviewing
• discovering
• grubbing (about)
• auditing
• detecting
• learning
• determining
• scaring up
• ascertaining
• scrutinizing
• studying
• probing
• frisking
• prospecting
• getting
• snooping
• browsing
• perusing
• descrying
• skirmishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting