Synonyms of canvasses

canvasses

verb

variants also canvases

present tense third-person singular of canvass

1

as in interviews

to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information

we canvassed people all over town, asking if they would be interested in participating in a recycling program

Synonyms & Similar Words

• interviews
• surveys
• polls
• solicits
• sounds (out)
• interrogates
• circularizes
• feels (out)
• questions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reports

2

as in discusses

to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion

canvassed all the items on the agenda

Synonyms & Similar Words

• discusses
• debates
• reviews
• disputes
• talks over
• argues
• hashes (over or out)
• bandies
• bats (around or back and forth)
• moots
• considers
• agitates
• speaks (about)
• talks (about)
• introduces
• stirs up
• wrestles (with)
• broaches
• hammers out
• weighs
• thrashes (out)
• propounds
• talks out
• forges
• deliberates
• raises
• chews over