Reconnaissance Synonyms

rĭ-kŏnə-səns, -zəns
The act or an instance of exploring or investigating
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exploration
  2. investigation
  3. probe
The act of reconnoitring (especially to gain information about an enemy or potential enemy)
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. observation
  2. survey
  3. exploration
  4. inspection
  5. reconnaissance-mission
  6. reconnoitering
  7. surveillance
  8. scouting
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Words Related to Reconnaissance

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. examination
  2. investigate
  3. reconnaisance
  4. reconaissance
  5. usaf
  6. reconnoiter
  7. airborne
  8. amphibious-operations
  9. air-defense
  10. search-and-rescue
  11. unmanned

Reconnaissance Sentence Examples

  • Grant directed the offensive reconnaissance of Belmont in the autumn.

  • A final reconnaissance was made on the 5th.

  • On the 30th of June Sir Henry Lawrence ordered a reconnaissance in force from Lucknow, which met the enemy at Chinhat; but the native sepoys and artillerymen turned traitors, and Sir Henry was forced to retreat to the residency, where the siege now began.

  • His first expedition to Africa (1474) was a mere reconnaissance, but four y ears later a favourable opportunity for invasion arrived.

  • It was a two-seat reconnaissance float biplane of very small overall dimensions designed to be folded and carried in the confines of a submarine.

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