Dictionary Definition
exploratory adj : serving in or intended for
exploration or discovery; "an exploratory operation"; "exploratory
reconnaisance"; "digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of
Mexico"; "exploratory talks between diplomats" [syn: explorative] [ant: nonexploratory]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Serving to explore or investigate.
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
advanced, analytic, avant-garde, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, fact-finding,
feeling, groping, heuristic, inaugural, indagative, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational,
investigative,
investigatory,
original, preceding, preliminary, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic