Picking one’s brains


Synonyms for picking one’s brains
verb question

inquire
challenge
quiz
request
demand
grill
needle
hit

investigate
institute
catechize
pump
interrogate
direct
examine
sweat

roast
enjoin
canvass
query
buzz
cross-examine
go over
pop the question

give the third degree
hunt for
pry into
put the screws to
put through the wringer
pick one’s brains

Antonyms for picking one’s brains

reply
ignore
claim

insist
repudiate
answer

command
tell
disinvite

Synonyms
verb ask, confer

huddle
consider
deliberate
review
negotiate
brainstorm
examine
interview
respect
argue
discuss

confab
flap
commune
regard
question
interrogate
powwow
treat
cogitate
parlay
debate

confabulate
call in
turn to
collogue
ask advice of
be closeted with
compare notes
groupthink
kick ideas around
put heads together
refer to

seek advice
seek opinion of
take a meeting
take account of
take counsel
talk over
toss ideas around
pick one’s brains

Antonyms

ignore
reply

neglect
answer

Synonyms
verb ask for answer

grill
search
challenge
interrogate
quiz
investigate
interview
query
seek
examine

knock
hit
roast
inquire
probe
pump
quest
enquire
solicit
catechize

pry
petition
cross-examine
go over
ask about
give the third degree
hit up
hold out for
make inquiry
put through the wringer

put to the question
raise question
show curiosity
sound out
sweat it out of
work over
pick one’s brains

Antonyms

reply
answer
find

certainty
doubtlessness
sureness

surety

Synonyms
verb question

inquire
query
investigate
interrogate

grill
pump
ask
examine

catechize
test
check
cross-examine

give the third degree
pick one’s brains

Antonyms

reply

answer

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