Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Experiment

Nouns
  • experiment
  • essay etc. (attempt) Essay
  • analysis etc. (investigation) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
  • screen
  • trial, tentative method, t=atonnement. verification, probation, proof, (demonstration) Demonstration
  • criterion, diagnostic, test, probe, crucial test, acid test, litmus test. crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix
  • assay, ordeal
  • ring
  • litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper
  • test tube
  • analytical instruments etc. Instrument. empiricism, rule of thumb. feeler
  • trial balloon, pilot balloon, messenger balloon
  • pilot engine
  • scout
  • straw to show the wind. speculation, random shot, leap in the dark. analyzer, analyst, assayist
  • adventurer
  • experimenter, experimentist, experimentalist
  • scientist, engineer, technician. subject, experimentee, guinea pig, experimental animal. [experimental method] protocol, experimental method, blind experiment, double-blind experiment, controlled experiment. poll, survey, opinion poll. epidemiological survey [Med.], retrospective analysis, retrospective survey, prospective survey, prospective analysis
  • statistical analysis. literature search, library research. tryout, audition. [results of experiment] discovery etc. Judgment [Conclusion.]
  • measurement etc. Measurement
  • evidence etc. Evidence [On one side.]. [reasoning about an experiment] deduction, induction, abduction.
Verbs
  • experiment
  • essay etc. (endeavor) Essay
  • try, try out, assay
  • make an experiment, make a trial of
  • give a trial to
  • put on trial, subject to trial
  • experiment upon
  • rehearse
  • put to the test, bring to the test, submit to the test, submit to the proof
  • prove, verify, test, touch, practice upon, try one's strength
  • road-test, test drive, take for a spin
  • test fly. grope
  • feel one's way, grope for one's way
  • fumble, t=atonner, put out a feeler, throw out a feeler
  • send up a trial balloon, send up a pilot balloon
  • see how the land lies, get the lay of the land, test the waters, feel out, sound out, take the pulse, see, check, check out [Coll.], see how the wind blows
  • consult the barometer
  • feel the pulse
  • fish for, bob for
  • cast for, beat about for
  • angle, trawl, cast one's net, beat the bushes. try one's fortune etc. (adventure) Essay
  • explore etc. (inquire) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question].
Adjectives
  • experimental, empirical. probative, probatory, probationary, provisional
  • analytic, docimastic
  • tentative
  • unverified, unproven, speculative, untested.
Adverbs
  • on trial, under examination, on probation, under probation, on one's trial, on approval.
Phrases
  • check it out, give it a try, see how it goes
  • Run it up the flagpole and see who salutes"