'size up' definitions:
Definition of 'size up'
From: WordNet
verb
To look at critically or searchingly, or in minute detail; "he scrutinized his likeness in the mirror" [syn: size up, take stock, scrutinize, scrutinise]
Synonyms of 'size up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appraise,
- appreciate,
- assay,
- assess,
- autopsy,
- calculate,
- calibrate,
- caliper,
- canvass,
- check,
- check a parameter,
- check out,
- check over,
- check up on,
- compute,
- contemplate,
- dial,
- divide,
- estimate,
- evaluate,
- examine,
- eye,
- fathom,
- gauge,
- give an examination,
- give the eye,
- give the once-over,
- go over,
- graduate,
- hard look,
- inspect,
- leer,
- leer at,
- look at,
- look over,
- measure,
- mensurate,
- mete,
- meter,
- monitor,
- observe,
- ogle,
- ogle at,
- overhaul,
- overlook,
- pace,
- pass over,
- pass under review,
- peer at,
- peruse,
- plumb,
- pore,
- pore over,
- postmortem,
- prize,
- probe,
- quantify,
- quantize,
- rate,
- review,
- run over,
- scan,
- scrutinize,
- set an examination,
- size,
- sound,
- span,
- step,
- study,
- survey,
- take a long,
- take a reading,
- take stock of,
- take the measure,
- triangulate,
- valuate,
- value,
- vet,
- weigh
Words containing 'size up'
- Size,
- Sized,
- Sizing,
- To size up,
- size of it,
- Size roll,
- Size stick,
- king size,
- pint sized,
- size constancy,
- Engine-sized,
- Medium-sized,
- apple-sized,
- bear-sized,
- cherry-sized,
- cookie-sized,
- crow-sized,
- dog-sized,
- ferret-sized,
- full-size,
- grape-sized,
- half-size,
- human-sized,
- king-size,
- king-sized,
- kiwi-sized,
- life-size,
- life-sized,
- man-sized,
- medium-size,
- moderate-size,
- moderate-sized,
- mouse-sized,
- olive-sized,
- orange-sized,
- pig-sized,
- pint-size,
- pint-sized,
- pocket-size,
- pocket-sized,
- queen-size,
- queen-sized,
- rabbit-sized,
- shrew-sized,
- sparrow-sized,
- squirrel-sized,
- turkey-sized,
- wolf-sized