Question
Question verb - To give serious and careful thought to.
Usage example: question your motives before you file the lawsuit: do you really care about the trees, or are you just trying to harass the neighbors?
Reason and question are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reason" instead a verb "Question".
How words are described
| good | good question | good reason |
| exact | exact question | exact reason |
| particular | particular question | particular reason |
| better | better question | better reason |
| Other adjectives: specific, original, legitimate, valid, obvious, simple, stupid, actual, real, wrong, little, main, important, ultimate, major, possible, different, biggest. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Alternately, the creature in question does have a less Shaped Like Itself name, but for whatever reason, Alice the Pig prefers to go as Piggy.
Source: A Dog Named "Dog" - The reason it's not Mass Hypnosis instead is because Noxus first created the army in question for her father, Sepulchure, who was also partially his creation.
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Humans Are As Mayflies: The reason Wallas gives why he isn't concerned about that spoiler in the Glamour example... do you want to question him?
Cite this Source
Reason and Question. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/question/reason
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Reason or Question. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/question/reason.
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