How words are described
| human | human contact | human probe |
| old | old contact | old probe |
| initial | initial contact | initial probe |
| actual | actual contact | actual probe |
| Other adjectives: real, large, little, secret, early, mental, mysterious, last, occasional, European. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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A NASA observer watching a probe to Mars notices some odd flares and dust clouds coming from the planet, shortly before contact with the probe is lost.
- Another probe is sent and establishes first contact with Merlene, the self-described Wizard of the city of Camalor.
Source: Literature / Camelot 30K -
Librarians can't probe them because they resist all psychic powers and forms of Warp contact.
Source: The Spook
Cite this Source
Probe and Contact. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contact/probe
Contact & Probe. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contact/probe>.
Probe or Contact. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contact/probe.
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