Voyages of exploration were the earliest in the history of studying the ocean.
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Exploration
//ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "exploration" (50 found)
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Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (25)
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3 entriesderived
6 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
89 translations across 47 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- eksplorim noun (act of exploring)
Arabic
1 entries- اِسْتِكْشَاف noun (act of exploring)
Armenian
2 entries- հետազոտություն noun (act of exploring)
- ուսումնասիրություն noun (act of exploring)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- kəşfiyyat noun (act of exploring)
- tədqiqat noun (act of exploring)
Belarusian
2 entries- дасле́даванне noun (act of exploring)
- дасле́дванне noun (act of exploring)
Bulgarian
2 entries- изсле́дване noun (act of exploring)
- проу́чване noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
Catalan
1 entries- exploració noun (act of exploring)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 勘察 noun (act of exploring)
- 勘探 noun (act of exploring)
Czech
1 entries- průzkum noun (act of exploring)
Danish
4 entries- opdagelse noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- udforskning noun (act of exploring)
- udforskning noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- undersøgelse noun (act of exploring)
Dutch
4 entries- exploratie noun (act of exploring)
- exploratie noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- ontdekkingsreis noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- ontdekkingstocht noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
Esperanto
1 entries- esplorado noun (act of exploring)
Estonian
1 entries- uurimine noun (act of exploring)
Finnish
4 entries- löytöretki noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- tutkiminen noun (act of exploring)
- tutkimus noun (act of exploring)
- tutkimusmatka noun (act of exploring)
French
1 entries- exploration noun (act of exploring)
Georgian
1 entries- გამოკვლევა noun (act of exploring)
German
4 entries- Entdeckungsreise noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- Erforschung noun (act of exploring)
- Erforschung noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- Erkundung noun (act of exploring)
Greek
1 entries- εξερεύνηση noun (act of exploring)
Hungarian
1 entries- felfedezés noun (act of exploring)
Indonesian
2 entries- eksplorasi noun (act of exploring)
- eksplorasi noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
Irish
1 entries- taiscéalaíocht noun (act of exploring)
Italian
1 entries- esplorazione noun (act of exploring)
Japanese
4 entries- 探査 noun (act of exploring)
- 探検 noun (act of exploring)
- 探究 noun (act of exploring)
- 精査 noun (act of exploring)
Korean
4 entries- 답사 noun (act of exploring)
- 탐구 noun (act of exploring)
- 탐사 noun (act of exploring)
- 탐험 noun (act of exploring)
Latvian
1 entries- pētījums noun (act of exploring)
Lithuanian
1 entries- tyrinėjimas noun (act of exploring)
Macedonian
1 entries- истражување noun (act of exploring)
Malay
2 entries- penerokaan noun (act of exploring)
- penjelajahan noun (act of exploring)
Mongolian
1 entries- судалгаа noun (act of exploring)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- utforsking noun (act of exploring)
- utforskning noun (act of exploring)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- utforsking noun (act of exploring)
Persian
2 entries- اکتشاف noun (act of exploring)
- کاوش noun (act of exploring)
Polish
2 entries- badanie noun (act of exploring)
- eksploracja noun (act of exploring)
Portuguese
1 entries- exploração noun (act of exploring)
Romanian
1 entries- explorare noun (act of exploring)
Russian
2 entries- изуче́ние noun (act of exploring)
- иссле́дование noun (act of exploring)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- rannsachadh noun (act of exploring)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- istražívānje noun (act of exploring)
- истражи́ва̄ње noun (act of exploring)
Slovak
1 entries- prieskum noun (act of exploring)
Slovene
1 entries- raziskovanje noun (act of exploring)
Spanish
1 entries- exploración noun (act of exploring)
Swedish
2 entries- upptäcktsresa noun (penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery)
- utforskning noun (act of exploring)
Tagalog
2 entries- eksplorasyon noun (act of exploring)
- panggagalugad noun (act of exploring)
Tajik
4 entries- иктишоф noun (act of exploring)
- тадкиқ noun (act of exploring)
- тафтиш noun (act of exploring)
- таҳқиқ noun (act of exploring)
Turkish
1 entries- keşif noun (act of exploring)
Ukrainian
2 entries- дослі́дження noun (act of exploring)
- дослі́джування noun (act of exploring)
Uzbek
1 entries- tekshirish noun (act of exploring)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
From the standpoint of ecology, Antarctica should be reserved solely for research, not for tourism or for commercial exploration.
Source: tatoeba (65332)
The launching of artificial earth satellites is commonly looked upon as an exploration of space.
Source: tatoeba (270355)
Japan will soon start to engage in the exploration of the universe.
Source: tatoeba (281493)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.