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scratched the surface synonyms

Trying to find another word for scratched the surface in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of scratched the surface in 29 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for scratched the surface alphabetically.

  • bag
  • bust
  • capture
  • collar
  • cop
  • grab
  • nab
  • nail
  • place under arrest
  • run in
  • seize
  • take in
  • take into custody
  • take prisoner
  • apprehend
  • comprehend
  • construe
  • decipher
  • dip into
  • discover
  • flip through
  • gather
  • glance
  • go over
  • go through
  • interpret
  • know
  • leaf through
  • learn
  • make out
  • perceive
  • peruse
  • pore over
  • refer to
  • scan
  • scratch the surface
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • assimilate
  • capiche
  • catch
  • click
  • cognize
  • conceive
  • dig
  • discern
  • envisage
  • envision
  • fathom
  • get
  • get the picture
  • gotcha
  • grasp
  • have
  • know
  • make out
  • perceive
  • read
  • analyze
  • decipher
  • define
  • explicate
  • expound
  • figure it to be
  • infer
  • interpret
  • one's best guess
  • parse
  • read
  • render
  • spell out
  • take
  • translate
  • understand
  • analyze
  • break
  • break down
  • bring out
  • cipher
  • construe
  • crack
  • decode
  • deduce
  • disentangle
  • dope out
  • elucidate
  • encipher
  • explain
  • expound
  • find the key
  • interpret
  • make clear
  • make out
  • puzzle out
  • read
  • render
  • appropriate
  • browse
  • dabble
  • flip through
  • get
  • glance at
  • glance over
  • leaf through
  • peruse
  • play at
  • rifle through
  • run over
  • run through
  • scan
  • seize
  • skim
  • take
  • taste
  • thumb through
  • ascertain
  • bring to light
  • catch
  • come across
  • come upon
  • conceive
  • contrive
  • debunk
  • design
  • detect
  • determine
  • devise
  • dig up
  • discern
  • disclose
  • distinguish
  • elicit
  • espy
  • explore
  • ferret out
  • get wind of
  • get wise to
  • check over
  • dip into
  • examine cursorily
  • feed
  • get the cream
  • give the once over
  • glance at
  • graze
  • hit the high spots
  • inspect loosely
  • leaf through
  • nibble
  • once over lightly
  • pass an eye over
  • peruse
  • read
  • read here and there
  • riff through
  • riffle through
  • run through
  • scan
  • skim
  • accumulate
  • aggregate
  • amass
  • assemble
  • associate
  • bunch up
  • capture
  • choose
  • close with
  • cluster
  • collect
  • concentrate
  • congregate
  • convene
  • converge
  • corral
  • crowd
  • cull
  • draw
  • draw in
  • flock
  • forgather
  • eye
  • eyeball
  • flash
  • fleeting look
  • gander
  • glimpse
  • lamp
  • look
  • look-see
  • peek
  • peep
  • quick look
  • sight
  • slant
  • squint
  • swivel
  • view
  • analyze
  • examine
  • inspect
  • investigate
  • look at
  • peruse
  • practice
  • read
  • rehearse
  • reiterate
  • repeat
  • revise
  • riffle through
  • scan
  • skim
  • study
  • thumb through
  • bear
  • brave
  • experience
  • suffer
  • support
  • survive
  • swallow
  • tolerate
  • undergo
  • withstand
  • adapt
  • annotate
  • clarify
  • comment
  • commentate
  • construe
  • decipher
  • decode
  • delineate
  • depict
  • describe
  • elucidate
  • enact
  • exemplify
  • explain
  • explicate
  • expound
  • gather
  • gloss
  • illustrate
  • image
  • improvise
  • apperceive
  • appreciate
  • apprehend
  • be acquainted
  • be cognizant
  • be conversant in
  • be informed
  • be learned
  • be master of
  • be read
  • be schooled
  • be versed
  • cognize
  • comprehend
  • differentiate
  • discern
  • discriminate
  • distinguish
  • experience
  • fathom
  • feel certain
  • get the idea
  • check over
  • dip into
  • examine cursorily
  • feed
  • flip through
  • get the cream
  • give the once over
  • glance at
  • graze
  • hit the high spots
  • inspect loosely
  • nibble
  • once over lightly
  • pass an eye over
  • peruse
  • read
  • read here and there
  • riff through
  • riffle through
  • run through
  • scan
  • skim
  • apprentice
  • attain
  • be taught
  • be trained
  • become able
  • become versed
  • brush up on
  • burn midnight oil
  • commit to memory
  • con
  • crack the books
  • cram
  • determine
  • drink in
  • enroll
  • gain
  • get
  • get down pat
  • get the hang of
  • get the knack of
  • grasp
  • grind
  • detect
  • discern
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • espy
  • notice
  • observe
  • perceive
  • remark
  • apperceive
  • apprehend
  • be aware of
  • behold
  • descry
  • discern
  • discover
  • distinguish
  • divine
  • espy
  • feel
  • grasp
  • identify
  • look
  • make out
  • mark
  • mind
  • note
  • observe
  • realize
  • recognize
  • regard
  • analyze
  • browse
  • glance over
  • inspect
  • look through
  • pore over
  • read
  • scan
  • scrutinize
  • skim
  • study
  • audit
  • behold
  • consider
  • examine
  • eye
  • inspect
  • notice
  • observe
  • peer
  • penetrate
  • peruse
  • pierce
  • probe
  • pry
  • regard
  • scan
  • scrutinize
  • see
  • stare at
  • study
  • survey
  • view
  • affect
  • appertain to
  • apply
  • belong to
  • involve
  • pertain to
  • relate to
  • touch upon
  • browse
  • check
  • consider
  • contemplate
  • dip into
  • examine
  • flash
  • flip through
  • give the once-over
  • glance at
  • glance over
  • have a look-see
  • inquire
  • investigate
  • leaf through
  • look
  • look through
  • look up and down
  • overlook
  • regard
  • riff
  • riffle
  • apprehend
  • bury oneself in
  • comprehend
  • construe
  • decipher
  • dip into
  • discover
  • flip through
  • gather
  • glance
  • go over
  • go through
  • interpret
  • know
  • leaf through
  • learn
  • make out
  • perceive
  • peruse
  • pore over
  • refer to
  • scan
  • be apprised of
  • beam
  • behold
  • catch a glimpse of
  • catch sight of
  • clock
  • contemplate
  • descry
  • detect
  • discern
  • distinguish
  • espy
  • examine
  • eye
  • flash
  • gape
  • gawk
  • gaze
  • get a load of
  • glare
  • glimpse
  • heed
  • brush
  • cream
  • dip
  • get the cream
  • glance
  • graze
  • ladle
  • ream
  • scoop
  • separate
  • shave
  • top
  • abstraction
  • academic work
  • analyzing
  • application
  • attention
  • class
  • cogitation
  • comparison
  • concentration
  • consideration
  • contemplation
  • course
  • cramming
  • debate
  • deliberation
  • examination
  • exercise
  • inquiry
  • inspection
  • investigation
  • lesson
  • meditation
  • construe
  • convert
  • decipher
  • decode
  • do into
  • elucidate
  • explicate
  • gloss
  • make clear
  • metaphrase
  • paraphrase
  • put
  • render
  • reword
  • simplify
  • spell out
  • transcribe
  • transliterate
  • transpose
  • turn
  • decipher
  • disengage
  • disentangle
  • extricate
  • faze
  • ravel
  • resolve
  • separate
  • solve
  • undo
  • unlace
  • untangle
  • unwind
  • appearance
  • aspect
  • composition
  • contour
  • design
  • field of vision
  • glimpse
  • illustration
  • landscape
  • look
  • opening
  • outline
  • outlook
  • panorama
  • perspective
  • picture
  • prospect
  • range of vision
  • representation
  • scene
  • seascape
  • show

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