Synonyms of surveys

surveys 1 of 2

noun

plural of survey

as in inspections

a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition

a survey of the premises revealed that four of the exit doors were locked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inspections
• audits
• examinations
• scrutinies
• scans
• reviews
• analyses
• views
• checkups
• studies
• investigations
• checks
• researches
• look-sees
• explorations
• goings-over
• resurveys
• observations
• probes
• assays
• dissections
• deconstructions
• interrogations
• inquisitions
• reinspections
• close-ups
• perusals
• rechecks
• surveillances
• watches
• test-drives
• checkouts
• trial runs
• once-overs

surveys

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of survey

1

as in interviews

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

surveyed the medical residents and found out that 60% of them don't think they get enough sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviews
• polls
• canvasses
• questions
• solicits
• sounds (out)
• circularizes
• interrogates
• feels (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reports

2

as in reviews

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)

surveyed the books at the estate sale, fondly hoping to find a rare first edition

Synonyms & Similar Words

• reviews
• scans
• examines
• inspects
• audits
• views
• checks (out)
• analyzes
• watches
• scrutinizes
• studies
• oversees
• goes over
• notices
• cons
• explores
• researches
• investigates
• probes
• overlooks
• dissects
• peruses
• observes
• combs
• pores (over)
• parses
• resurveys
• categorizes
• delves (into)
• classifies
• plumbs
• reinspects
• picks over
• rereviews

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glances (at or over)
• misses
• skims

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of surveys

Noun

What organizations choose to do with that data, and who is accountable for the decision, is the question the surveys do not answer. — Cindy Rodriguez Constable, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

For more than a decade, researchers have tracked blacktip sharks along the East Coast using aerial surveys and satellite tags. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026

The data pool sources 303 cases across available scientific literature, 66 primatologists surveys, and 58 media accounts describing cross-species interactions involving humans’ close relatives. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 July 2026

Theodore Judah’s dream Initial research into linking the two coasts by rail began in the 1850s, with then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis overseeing topographical land surveys. — Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026

Apart from reaching record lows in both Quinnipiac University and AP-NORC’s polls, the president has hit similar lows in two other surveys released earlier this week. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 30 July 2026

Full Scale, a software staffing firm headquartered in Leawood, pulled together government data, public earnings filings, and a stack of industry surveys into its 2026 State of IT Staffing report. — Felysha Walker, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026

Near the end of the year, the EU Governing Council will make its final selection based on a combination of public input from the surveys, the opinion of an independent jury, and a technical assessment. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 23 July 2026

All of us who implemented SNAP programming had to deliver surveys. — Joe Hernandez, NPR, 23 July 2026

Verb

The company organizes thousands of AI agents into statistically representative populations—each agent assigned an age, an income, a zip code, a gender, among other things—and surveys them in place of human respondents. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 17 June 2026

Sartori surveys the lagoon weekly by boat for signs of nesting, which would indicate a self-sustaining Venetian colony. — ABC News, 30 May 2026

That would be the drummer, Binzer (Rory Keenan), who sits at the back of the stage, surveys the group and the roomful of revellers, and pliably makes adjustments that keep the party going. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

Their first album in nine years, Paradessence, surveys a global landscape defined by genocide, climate catastrophe, and post-pandemic disorder with clarity, weaving unnerving builds with gorgeous, blooming moments best listened to in one fell swoop. — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026

The Fed surveys a broad range of market contacts each spring and fall, and the Spring 2026 results paint a picture of a market grappling with an unusually wide range of tail risks. — Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026

Donaldson, who has popped by to film a check-in with the contestants, surveys the chaos. — Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026

Even with this week’s decrease, the average Miami-area price is more than a penny higher per gallon than a month ago and 98 cents higher than a year ago, according to GasBuddy, a national fuel monitoring service that surveys nearly 1,700 stations in South Florida. — Miami Herald Staff, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026

The Tate show, which surveys the efforts of Nigerian artists and artistic groups both before and after the country declared national independence from British colonial rule, underscores the spirit of self-determination, and of aesthetic and artistic inquiry, that drew Lawrence in the first place. — Michael Lobel, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2026