QUERIES Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

queries 1 of 2

noun

plural of query

as in doubts

a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something readers will likely have a query or two about some of the more remarkable episodes in the memoir

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as in requests

an act or instance of asking for information please respond to my query at your earliest convenience

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queries

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verb

present tense third-person singular of query

as in questions

to demand proof of the truth or rightness of it seems odd that someone would want two stoves, so you'd better query that order

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as in asks

to put a question or questions to queried the professor about the assignment

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as in interrogates

to put a series of questions to once the statement was given, the press secretary allowed reporters to query the President

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According to Google’s 2026 AI Mode data, AI Mode has passed 1 billion monthly active users, and its queries have more than doubled every quarter since launch. — Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Google’s Nano Banana technology allows users to generate AI images using simple queries, built-in to its Gemini chatbot. — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 If a healthcare organization that uses AI to summarize records were to find problems involving missing queries, for instance, the organization might work on its ability to log queries while also masking sensitive fields to improve HIPAA compliance. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Researchers have found that data from Connecticut has been accessed by authorities in states as far away as Georgia, Florida and Texas, and that immigration enforcement was among the reasons given for the queries. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2026 But the front yard is the more influential space, as neighbors increasingly stop by with queries. — Pedro Moura, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 Hugging Face said the only customer data that the rogue agents accessed were some search queries used to steal a set of challenge solutions stored across several company datasets. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 July 2026

Verb

The running version of it is a knowledge graph, which is the live network of entities and relationships an agent actually queries. — Michael Leone, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026 Fin’s primary offering is an AI agent capable of resolving chat, email, WhatsApp, text message, phone, and Slack queries, Salesforce said. — Samantha Subin, CNBC, 15 June 2026 And federal law enforcement regularly queries the FISA database for Americans' information and reviews their content. — Eric McDaniel, NPR, 12 June 2026 Flay frequently answers fans’ queries about his Food Network series on social media, addressing a wide variety of topics. — Erin Clements, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 One such template application involves encrypted semantic search, which queries databases or datasets and returns relevant results based on the context or meaning of the search terms rather than keywords that match them. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2026 Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 29 Apr. 2026 Simon Properties, which operates many of South Florida’s most popular malls including Dadeland, Sawgrass Mills, The Falls, Brickell City Centre and Miami International Mall didn’t respond to several Miami Herald queries about its gun policy. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025 With topics ranging from triple-captain dilemmas to dark-horse midfielders and how the new Defensive Contributions (DC) rule works, here are Abdul’s answers to some of the standout queries. — Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025

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Noun

But behind the pomp and ceremony of official Washington, the meeting will reveal two wary superpowers projecting their doubts and apprehensions onto the other.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Burry has doubts But Burry, the investor best known for his wager against the housing market before the financial crisis, sees reason for concern in Berkshire’s new era.

— Yun Li, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Ann Skeet, senior director of leadership ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics, also questions what allowing these types of bets says about society.

— Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
In his review of the Greenway, journalist Marty Carlock questions the cohesiveness of the space’s design.

— Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of questions

Verb

One day scholars will teach Lepore’s work alongside Arendt’s, seeing that Lepore interrogates not simply a modern moment, but traces our current machine age back to the 17th-century conceit for artifice as improvement.

— Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
Writer-director Ari Aster interrogates not just the social and political turmoil of COVID-19, but also the way social media can exacerbate that unraveling of collective neuroses.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026

Definition of interrogates

Noun

This Catholic genealogy helped arouse British suspicions of European integration.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
With their suspicions in mind, Kimberly and her family focused their searches for Ashley on the northwestern edge of the reservation, near Sam McDonald’s house.

— Dateline NBC, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of suspicions

Noun

Bob Kaplan, the founder of NAI Outdoor Hospitality Brokers based in Basalt, Colorado, said there have been a few inquiries about the property, which has been on the market for more than three months.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
The transportation office referred inquiries to the superintendent's administrative assistant.

— Amanda Pitts, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Summary Productivity expert Neal Schore challenges conventional wisdom, arguing that true time loss stems not from poor planning but from internal factors like fear, overthinking, and emotional habits.

— Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
In the three-part docuseries (now streaming on Netflix), Berlinger challenges claims that Manson’s motives behind the killings weren’t to start a race war.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

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