trial balloon
25 synonyms found
- barometer
- bone of contention
- catechism
- cross-interrogatory
- cross-question
- debating point
- feeler
- interrogative
- interrogatory
- leading question
- moot point
- pilot balloon
- point at issue
- point in question
- question
- question at issue
- question mark
- quodlibet
- random sample
- sample
- sounder
- straw vote
- vexed question
- weather vane
- weathercock
Definition
(n) :
a balloon sent up to test air currents; a test of public opinion