SCANS Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

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present tense third-person singular of scan

as in surveys

to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition) scanned the manuscript carefully for any overlooked errors

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scans

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noun

plural of scan

as in inspections

a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition gave the car a good scan to see if it was worth buying

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Recent Examples of scans

Verb

The platform scans large volumes of public data including court filings, regulatory enforcement actions, corporate disclosures, and news to identify patterns that suggest viable mass tort, class action, or commercial litigation opportunities. —

Allbusiness, Forbes.com, 16 May 2026 Look for a service that monitors all three major credit bureaus, scans the dark web and alerts you to suspicious changes tied to your identity. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026 In addition to the two deputies stationed inside the board room during meetings, the sheriff’s office also scans bags and uses a magnetometer for visitors. —

A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2026 In those sleepy unstaffed stations, passengers routinely board and the train starts moving again before the conductor ever makes contact or scans their tickets. —

CBS News, 1 May 2026 Another scans the competitive landscape every few hours. —

Mukund Jha, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026 When another camera scans a person later, the system checks their live face against these templates to confirm an identity. —

Jonathan S. Weissman, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2026 The system then scans YouTube and flags potential replicas for that celebrity’s team to review. —

Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026 Somewhere off the coast of Massachusetts, a small team of volunteers scans the Atlantic Ocean every single day — not with satellites, not with tracking chips, but with their own eyes, binoculars and drones. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026

Noun

The same goes for scans that the producers didn’t make themselves on that movie but come from a third party; the payment is still the same. —

Brian Welk, IndieWire, 15 May 2026 Someone on the outside scans the box score and zeroes in on Karl-Anthony Towns’ shot total. —

Fred Katz, New York Times, 15 May 2026 Doctors had been monitoring the aneurysm through regular scans after spotting it during treatment for the first hemorrhage. —

Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 Using fMRI scans, the authors of the study identified separate neural systems that are involved in the suppression or redirection of intrusive memories. —

Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 The scans also revealed microtraces of the drilling and rotating motions used by a small, pointed tool that successfully removed the cavity. —

Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 13 May 2026 One where oncologists can witness the impact of their work not just in charts or scans, but in lived experience. —

Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 11 May 2026 Steadman learned to mail transparencies, and later, digital scans, instead. —

Steve Appleford, SPIN, 11 May 2026 One-time dark web scans have limits, too. —

Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scans

Verb

The Fed surveys a broad range of market contacts each spring and fall, and the Spring 2026 results paint a picture of a market grappling with an unusually wide range of tail risks.

— Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Donaldson, who has popped by to film a check-in with the contestants, surveys the chaos.

— Sean Gregory, Time, 6 May 2026