BROWSES Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

browses 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of browse

as in grazes

to feed on grass or herbs cows browsing in fields are a common sight along that stretch of the road

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as in peeks

to take a quick or hasty look browsed through the stacks looking for interesting books

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browses

2 of 2

noun

plural of browse

as in scans

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Amazon has its own agentic AI option called Buy for Me, which browses suppliers and buys through Amazon on a customer's behalf. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026 However, revenue per shopper collapses because nobody browses on the way out. — Bar Maimon, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026 No longer is Dick's Sporting Goods just a place to test drive putters while your wife browses her way through Sephora. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Lee is in his bookstore, reading Walter Tevis’ novel The Man Who Fell to Earth, as Dale (Tim Blake Nelson) browses the shelves. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 ChatGPT writes apps, plans trips and browses the web on users’ behalf. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025

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Verb

When the drone flies near an object and a whisker grazes or bends against a surface, the pressure changes at the base are measured in under two milliseconds, enabling the drone to calculate contact location and depth with millimeter precision.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
The ranch already grazes its cattle on the adjacent public parcel through a lease with the BLM.

— Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of grazes

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Principled Technologies' WebXPRT 4 browser test uses HTML5, JavaScript, and WebAssembly workloads to simulate tasks ranging from photo enhancement and OCR scans to sales graphs and online homework.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
According to the team, these differences can be hard to detect with lower-resolution scans.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of scans

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They trade glances across the table and crack jokes that don’t always need explaining; the years together have apparently given them their own shorthand and inside humor.

— Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026
Jala is a place to celebrate birthdays and date nights, a place where customers won’t catch sideways glances for opting to wear slacks or skirts.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026

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