a word, a shortest part that means something in a sentence

(linguistics) synonym, parasynonym (word that has a similar meaning to another, but is not interchangeable)

search, look for

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

thesaurus

faultfinding

find fault, nitpick

soul-searching