Definition for Reconnaissance:

• The act of reconnoitring: a survey or examination: the examination of a tract of country with a view to military or engineering operations.

Synonyms for Reconnaissance:

• n.

  •
  • pitched battle,
  • struggle,
  • campaign,
  • skirmish,
  • war,
  • mission,
  • combat,
  • assault,
  • battle.
  •
  • investigate.
  •act (noun)
  • reconnaissance,
  • reconnaissance mission.
  •espionage (noun)
  • undercover works.
  •examination (noun)
  • ex aminations,
  • inter rogations,
  • once over,
  • blue books,
  • perlustrations,
  • crossexaminations,
  • in quests,
  • onceover,
  • inter rogation,
  • re-views,
  • re-view,
  • inter-rogations,
  • re-searches,
  • the eyne,
  • dis section,
  • re views,
  • re searches,
  • re view,
  • writtens,
  • dis-section,
  • the eyes,
  • the eyen,
  • ex-aminations,
  • dis-sections,
  • inter-rogation,
  • in-quests,
  • ex amination,
  • dis sections,
  • grillings,
  • in quest,
  • crossexamination,
  • ex-amination,
  • make ups,
  • in-quest,
  • cross examination,
  • re search,
  • cross-examinations,
  • cross examinations,
  • legworks.
  •foray (noun)
  • de scents,
  • de predation,
  • de-scent,
  • in road,
  • de predations,
  • in roads,
  • de scent,
  • in-roads,
  • de-scents,
  • de-predations,
  • in-road,
  • de-predation.
  •hunt (noun)
  • looksees,
  • pryings,
  • look-sees,
  • snoopings,
  • pursuances,
  • looksee,
  • coursings,
  • trailings,
  • look sees,
  • pursuings,
  • houndings,
  • sportings,
  • friskings.
  •raid (noun)
  • hit and runs,
  • breakin,
  • hit-and-runs,
  • tipovers,
  • shootups,
  • hit and run,
  • forced entrances.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • investigation,
  • probe.
  •four-wheel drive
  • jeeplike.

Paraphrases for Reconnaissance:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    reconnaisance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    reconnaisance.

• Forward Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    surveillance.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    surveillance.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    Explored, recognised, recognising, fact-finding, observational, grateful.
  • Proper noun, singular
    articles, acknowledgement.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    recognising, Patrolling, espionage, Prospecting, aircraft, inspection, acknowledgement, surveying.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    recce, recognition, appreciation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    intelligence, patrol, recce, exploration, recognition, spy, appreciation.

Reconnaissance Sentence Examples:

• Natural curiosity must, so far as it can, excuse Captain Dieppe for spending the rest of the morning in what he termed a reconnaissance of the premises, or that part of them which was open to his inspection.

• A reconnaissance is undertaken with a view to exposing the enemy's position and strength.

Homophones for Reconnaissance:

• Ricinus Communis, recognisance, Russian agency, recognizance.

Hypernym for Reconnaissance:

• n.

  • act
    recce, air reconnaissance, reconnaissance by fire, reconnoitering, electronic reconnaissance, reconnoitring, exploratory survey, shufti, reconnaissance in force, reccy, scouting, recco.

Hyponym for Reconnaissance:

• n.

  • act
    intelligence activity, intelligence, intelligence operation.