Search and Sweep

Search

Search noun - An act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something.
Usage example: the search for the missing hikers lasted several days

Sweep and search are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sweep" instead the word "Search" as a verb or a noun.

Sweep

Sweep noun - An area over which activity, capacity, or influence extends.

Search and sweep are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Search" instead the word "Sweep" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: sweeping, sweeper

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

full full search full sweep
long long search long sweep
routine routine search routine sweep
simple simple search simple sweep
Other adjectives: entire, thorough, huge, quick, new, vague, systematic, random.

Common collocations

area search area sweep area
room search room sweep room
world search world sweep world
apartment search apartment sweep apartment
Other words: city, areas.
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