Definition for Sifting:

• the act of separating grain from chaff; " the winnowing was done by women"

Synonyms for Sifting:

• adj.

  •curious (adjective)
  • inquisitive.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • winnow.
  •hunt (noun)
  • coursing,
  • raid,
  • game,
  • investigation,
  • tracing,
  • inquest,
  • inquiry,
  • rummage,
  • snooping,
  • frisking,
  • trailing,
  • interrogation,
  • quest,
  • seeking,
  • inquisition,
  • race,
  • sporting,
  • research,
  • following,
  • reconnaissance,
  • pursuit,
  • meddling,
  • Hounding,
  • study,
  • hunting,
  • prying.
  •scrutiny (noun)
  • eagle eye,
  • tab,
  • scan,
  • audit,
  • survey,
  • surveillance.
  •threshing (noun)
  • flailing,
  • Garnering,
  • beating,
  • Treading,
  • harvesting.

• v.

  •analyzing (verb)
  • Examining,
  • Dissecting,
  • Analyzing,
  • studying,
  • Assaying,
  • Anatomizing.
  •canvass (verb)
  • check over,
  • argue,
  • agitate,
  • inspect,
  • debate,
  • solicit,
  • dispute,
  • consult,
  • sift,
  • ventilate,
  • run,
  • electioneer,
  • apply,
  • check,
  • campaign.
  •comb (verb)
  • ransack,
  • grub,
  • beat,
  • turn upside down,
  • sweep,
  • look high and low,
  • beat the bushes,
  • scour,
  • go through with fine-tooth comb,
  • search high heaven,
  • finecomb,
  • turn inside out,
  • forage,
  • rake,
  • leave no stone unturned.
  •cull (verb)
  • mark,
  • elect,
  • choose,
  • take,
  • prefer,
  • Optate,
  • select,
  • pluck,
  • thin out,
  • opt for,
  • thin,
  • single out,
  • discriminate,
  • glean,
  • extract.
  •delve (verb)
  • gouge out,
  • trowel,
  • unearth,
  • really get into,
  • dredge,
  • spade,
  • seek,
  • shovel,
  • burrow,
  • jump into,
  • excavate,
  • ferret out,
  • scoop out,
  • dig.
  •searching (verb)
  • combing,
  • searching,
  • rifling,
  • probing,
  • foraging,
  • peeking,
  • looking for,
  • Rummaging,
  • scouring.
  •sift (verb)
  • inquire,
  • explore,
  • probe,
  • look into,
  • purify,
  • pan,
  • go through,
  • colander,
  • size,
  • dig into,
  • analyze,
  • investigate,
  • sort,
  • fathom,
  • grade,
  • evaluate,
  • part,
  • sieve,
  • drain,
  • scrutinize,
  • clean,
  • separate,
  • examine,
  • prospect,
  • screen,
  • strain,
  • pore over,
  • riddle,
  • filter,
  • search,
  • comb,
  • go into,
  • delve into.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • inquisitorial,
  • intrusive,
  • meddlesome,
  • Peering,
  • more interested,
  • big-eyed.
  •n.
  • close up,
  • closeup,
  • exploration,
  • field sport,
  • hunt,
  • judgment,
  • perusal,
  • prosecution,
  • pursuance,
  • pursuing,
  • scrutiny,
  • separation,
  • sifting,
  • steeplechase,
  • threshing,
  • winnowing,
  • Perlustration,
  • Re-search,
  • Separating,
  • tracings,
  • steeplechases,
  • siftings,
  • look-see,
  • weigh in,
  • field sports,
  • the eye,
  • close study,
  • close-up,
  • close-ups,
  • closeups,
  • look see,
  • probings,
  • seekings,
  • weigh-in,
  • long hard look.

Paraphrases for Sifting:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    screening.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    screening.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sieving, sieve.

Antonyms for Sifting:

• adj.

  • inquisitive
    indifferent, uninterested, incurious, unconcerned.

• n.

  • judgment
    indecision.

• v.

  • sift
    put in.

Sifting Sentence Examples:

• Then a babel of sounds came sifting down the aisle.

• The hearth - glow sifting through your hair Turns every dim pearl to a star Dawn - drowned in floods of brightening air.

Homophones for Sifting:

• speeding, shiftiness, swiftness, subduedness, sapidness, sputnik, subtonic, spouting, softening, shifting, spitting, soft news, spotting, Speediness, subatomic, sea bathing, subheading, softness, sweptwing.

Hyponym for Sifting:

• n.

  • act
    separation.