| verb | consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning “analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare” |
| verb | break down into components or essential features “analyze today's financial market” |
| verb | make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features “analyze a specimen” |
| verb | subject to psychoanalytic treatment “I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist” |
| analyst | noun | someone who is skilled at analyzing data |
| analysis | noun | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
| analyser | noun | an instrument that performs analyses |
| study | noun | a detailed critical inspection |
| examination | noun | a detailed inspection of your conscience (as done daily by Jesuits) |
| analyzer | noun | an instrument that performs analyses |
| breakdown | noun | an analysis into mutually exclusive categories |
| dissection | noun | a minute and critical analysis |
| psychoanalyst | noun | a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis |