Synonyms for
Profiling
Definition
Profiling means the act of analyzing or investigating someone based on their personal information, habits, or behavior patterns.
Synonyms & similar words
Synonyms by register
Informal
Antonyms
Common collocations
- customer profiling
- user profiling
- risk profiling
- criminal profiling
- data profiling
- psychological profiling
- behavioral profiling
Word family
Usage note
Often used in contexts of data analysis, security, and marketing. Can carry negative connotations when implying unfair judgment or stereotyping.
Example sentences
- The professor is profiling his students for a research project.
- The airport security uses profiling to screen passengers.
- The company is accused of racial profiling by its employees.
- The FBI is investigating the case using profiling techniques.
- The online store is profiling its customers based on their purchase history.
Quotes
'Profiling has become a bad word, but only because some people are doing it wrong. We need profiling, we need to profile in order to get a better idea of what we're looking for.' - Donald Trump
'I'm not extremely political, but I am very interested in the concept of people in power abusing their power and using profiling.' - John Boyega
'Profiling is not the problem. The problem is what's behind the profiling.' - Al Sharpton