Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun surveying

1 sense of surveying

Sense 1
surveying -- (the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map; "he studied surveying at college")
       => measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration -- (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule; "the measurements were carefully done"; "his mental measurings proved remarkably accurate")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb survey

6 senses of survey

Sense 1
survey, appraise -- (consider in a comprehensive way; "He appraised the situation carefully before acting")
       => analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

Sense 2
survey -- (look over carefully or inspect; "He surveyed his new classmates")
       => examine, see -- (observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect; "The customs agent examined the baggage"; "I must see your passport before you can enter the country")

Sense 3
surveil, follow, survey -- (keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing")

Sense 4
review, go over, survey -- (hold a review (of troops))
       => inspect -- (look over carefully; "Please inspect your father's will carefully")

Sense 5
survey -- (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
       => analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")

Sense 6
survey -- (plot a map of (land))
       => calculate, cipher, cypher, compute, work out, reckon, figure -- (make a mathematical calculation or computation)