INQUIRING (OF) Synonyms: 25 Similar and Opposite Words

inquiring (of)

verb

present participle of inquire (of)

as in asking

to put a question or questions to casually inquired of the neighbors the identity of the house's previous owner

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In Cañon City, Colorado, authorities are aiming for a 20% to 30% reduction in water use while asking residents to voluntarily conserve outdoor water consumption.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 5 July 2026
In 1995, the Atlanta Track Club began seeking design submissions and asking the public to select their favorite.

— Staff, AJC.com, 4 July 2026

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Blurring the boundaries between reality and delusion, psychological horror explores the mind in all its complexity, often leaving audiences questioning their own perceptions.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 July 2026
As the collection makes clear, Aviv prefers restless questioning to closure or complacency.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Definition of questioning

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The Average Problem Dines has been running his own experiments with frontier models, asking them to write in distinct styles and then interrogating them about why the output comes back bland.

— Gabriel Alin Zainescu, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Investigators sat across from nearly every young child at Skyline – many of whose nascent, swinging legs could not yet reach the ground from their chairs – interrogating them over their missing classmate.

— Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

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