Synonyms for Seek:

n.
- advance poll
- beauty contest
- by election
- direct elections
- bring before
- insist on something
- check up on
- follow up
- go through
- pick through
• event
- seek
v.
• angle for
- aimed for
- aiming for
- aims for
- am after
- are after
- art after
- being after
- casting about for
- casting for
- casts about for
- casts for
- in vite
- in-vite
- is after
- tried for
- tries for
- trying for
- was after
- wast after
- were after
- wert after
• ask
- be sought
- be-sought
- contended for
- contending for
- contends for
- filed for
- files for
- filing for
- pro mote
- pro motes
- pro moting
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
• aspire
- am ambitious
- am eager
- are ambitious
- are eager
- art ambitious
- being ambitious
- being eager
- is ambitious
- is eager
- was ambitious
- was eager
- wast ambitious
- wast eager
- were ambitious
- were eager
- wert ambitious
- wert eager
• attempt
- did level best
- didst level best
- does level best
- doest level best
- doeth level best
- doing level best
- dost level best
- doth level best
- exerted oneself
- exerting oneself
- exerts oneself
- gave a fling
- gave a go
- gave a try
- gave a whirl
- gave best shot
- gave fling
- gave go
- gave it a go
- gave it a try
- gave it go
- gave it try
- gave old college try
- gave try
- gave whirl
- give fling
- give go
- give it go
- give it try
- give try
- give whirl
- gives a fling
- gives a go
- gives a try
- gives a whirl
- gives best shot
- gives fling
- gives go
- gives it a go
- gives it a try
- gives it go
- gives it try
- gives old college try
- gives try
- gives whirl
- giving a fling
- giving a try
- giving a whirl
- giving best shot
- giving fling
- giving go
- giving it a go
- giving it a try
- giving it go
- giving it try
- giving old college try
- giving try
- giving whirl
- go limit
- goes limit
- goes the limit
- going limit
- going the limit
- had a crack
- had a go at
- had crack
- had go at
- haddest a crack
- haddest a go at
- haddest crack
- haddest go at
- hadst a crack
- hadst a go at
- hadst crack
- hadst go at
- has a crack
- has a go at
- has crack
- has go at
- hast a crack
- hast a go at
- hast crack
- hast go at
- hath a crack
- hath a go at
- hath crack
- hath go at
- have crack
- have go at
- having a crack
- having a go at
- having crack
- having go at
- made a run at
- made run at
- make run at
- makes a run at
- makes run at
- making a run at
- making run at
- shoot works
- shooting the works
- shooting works
- shoots the works
- shoots works
- shot the works
- shot works
- take stab at
- takes a stab at
- takes best shot
- takes stab at
- taking a stab at
- taking best shot
- taking stab at
- took a stab at
- took best shot
- took stab at
- tried hand at
- tried one hand at
- tried one's hand at
- tried ones hand at
- tries hand at
- tries one hand at
- tries one's hand at
- tries ones hand at
- try one hand at
- try ones hand at
- trying hand at
- trying one hand at
- trying one's hand at
- trying ones hand at
- under take
- under taken
- under takes
- under taking
- under took
- under-take
- under-taken
- under-takes
- under-taking
- under-took
- went limit
- went the limit
• chase
- birddog
- chivies
- drave away
- drives away
- driving away
- drove away
- takes off after
- taking off after
- took off after
- went after
• court
- ask marriage
- asked in marriage
- asked marriage
- asking in marriage
- asking marriage
- asks in marriage
- asks marriage
- goes steady
- going with
- keeping company with
- kept company with
- made love to
- made overture
- made time with
- makes love to
- makes overture
- makes time with
- making love to
- making overture
- making time with
- paid addresses to
- paid court to
- pandered to
- pandering to
- panders to
- payed addresses to
- payed court to
- paying addresses to
- paying court to
- pays addresses to
- pays court to
- pop question
- pro pose
- pro posed
- pro posing
- pro-pose
- pro-posing
- ran after
- runs after
- seek hand of
- seeking hand of
- seeking the hand of
- seeks hand of
- seeks the hand of
- set cap
- set one cap
- set ones cap
- sets cap
- sets one cap
- sets one's cap
- sets ones cap
- setting cap
- setting one cap
- setting one's cap
- setting ones cap
- sought hand of
- sought the hand of
- went steady
• crave
- pleaded for
- pleads for
- pled for
- prayed for
- praying for
- prays for
- re quire
- re quired
- re quires
- re quiring
- re-quire
- re-quired
- re-quires
- re-quiring
• delve
- ex cavate
- ex-cavate
- go in to
- gouging out
- jump in to
- jumped in to
- jumped into
- jumping in to
- jumping into
- jumps in to
- jumps into
- leaved no stone unturned
- leaves no stone unturned
- leaving no stone unturned
- left no stone unturned
- look in to
- pro bed
- pro spect
- pro spects
- pro-bed
- pro-spect
- pro-spects
- re search
- re searched
- re searches
- re searching
- re-searched
- re-searches
- re-searching
- reallied get in to
- reallied get into
- reallies get in to
- reallies get into
- really get in to
- reallying get in to
- reallying get into
- scooped out
- scooping out
- scoops out
- turns inside out
- un earth
- un earthed
- un earthing
- un earths
- un-earth
- un-earthed
- un-earthing
- un-earths
• desire
- be spake
- be speak
- be speaking
- be speaks
- be spoke
- be spoken
- be-spake
- be-speak
- be-speaking
- be-speaks
- be-spoke
- be-spoken
- de sire
- de sired
- de sires
- de siring
- de-sire
- de-sired
- de-sires
- de-siring
• endeavor
- bade for
- bidding for
- bids for
- did best
- did one best
- did one's best
- did ones best
- didst best
- didst one best
- didst one's best
- didst ones best
- do best
- do one best
- do ones best
- does best
- does one best
- does one's best
- does ones best
- doest best
- doest one best
- doest one's best
- doest ones best
- doeth best
- doeth one best
- doeth one's best
- doeth ones best
- doing best
- doing one best
- doing one's best
- doing ones best
- dost best
- dost one best
- dost one's best
- dost ones best
- doth best
- doth one best
- doth one's best
- doth ones best
- goes for broke
- had a shot at
- had a swing at
- had shot at
- had swing at
- haddest a shot at
- haddest a swing at
- haddest shot at
- haddest swing at
- hadst a shot at
- hadst a swing at
- hadst shot at
- hadst swing at
- hammering away
- has a shot at
- has a swing at
- has shot at
- has swing at
- hast a shot at
- hast a swing at
- hast shot at
- hast swing at
- hath a shot at
- hath a swing at
- hath shot at
- hath swing at
- have shot at
- have swing at
- having a shot at
- having a swing at
- having shot at
- having swing at
- in tend
- in tended
- in tending
- in tends
- in-tend
- in-tended
- in-tending
- in-tends
- made an effort
- made effort
- makes an effort
- makes effort
- making an effort
- making effort
- pegged away
- pegging away
- pegs away
- poured it on
- poured on
- pouring it on
- pouring on
- pours it on
- pours on
- takes pains
- taking pains
- took pains
- went for broke
• enquire
- in spect
- in spects
- in-spect
- in-spects
- seek answer
- seeking an answer
- seeking answer
- seeks an answer
- seeks answer
- sought an answer
- sought answer
- want know
- wanted know
- wanted to know
- wanting know
- wanting to know
- wants know
- wants to know
• essay
- had a shot
- had at it
- had go
- had shot
- haddest a go
- haddest a shot
- haddest at it
- haddest go
- haddest it
- haddest shot
- hadst a go
- hadst a shot
- hadst at it
- hadst go
- hadst it
- hadst shot
- has a go
- has a shot
- has at it
- has go
- has it
- has shot
- hast a go
- hast a shot
- hast at it
- hast go
- hast it
- hast shot
- hath a go
- hath a shot
- hath at it
- hath go
- hath it
- hath shot
- have go
- have shot
- having a go
- having a shot
- having at it
- having go
- having it
- having shot
- put test
- put the test
- put to test
- puts test
- puts the test
- puts to test
- puts to the test
- putting test
- putting the test
- putting to test
- putting to the test
- take whack at
- takes a whack at
- takes whack at
- taking a whack at
- taking whack at
- took a whack at
- took whack at
• explore
- delve in to
- delved in to
- delved into
- delves in to
- delves into
- delving in to
- delving into
- dig in to
- digged in to
- digged into
- digging in to
- digging into
- digs in to
- digs into
- dug in to
- dug into
- had a look
- had look
- haddest a look
- haddest look
- hadst a look
- hadst look
- has a look
- has look
- hast a look
- hast look
- hath a look
- hath look
- have look
- having a look
- having look
- inquire in to
- inquired in to
- inquires in to
- inquires into
- inquiring in to
- inquiring into
• ferret out
- am on to
- am to
- are on to
- are to
- art to
- be to
- being on to
- being to
- bring light
- chased down
- chases down
- chasing down
- digged out
- digged up
- digging out
- digs out
- dis close
- dis closed
- dis closes
- dis closing
- dis cover
- dis covered
- dis covering
- dis covers
- dis-close
- dis-closed
- dis-closes
- dis-closing
- dis-cover
- dis-covered
- dis-covering
- dis-covers
- drave out
- drove out
- dug out
- ex tract
- ex-tract
- ex-tracts
- hunted down
- hunting down
- hunts down
- is on to
- is to
- nosed out
- noses out
- nosing out
- pick upon
- picked up on
- picked upon
- picking upon
- picks up on
- picks upon
- rooted out
- roots out
- scouted out
- scouting out
- scouts out
- searches out
- smelled out
- smelling out
- smells out
- smelt out
- smoked out
- smokes out
- smoking out
- sniffed out
- sniffing out
- sniffs out
- un cover
- un covered
- un covering
- un covers
- un-cover
- un-covering
- un-covers
- was on to
- was to
- wast on to
- wast to
- were on to
- were to
- wert on to
- wert to
- wormed out
- worming out
- worms out
• fish for
- hopes for
- hoping for
- hunted for
- hunting for
- hunts for
- searches for
- searching for
- tried evoke
- tried to evoke
- tries evoke
- tries to evoke
- try evoke
- trying evoke
- trying to evoke
• follow
- bring rear
- bring the rear
- bring up rear
- bringing rear
- bringing the rear
- brings rear
- brings the rear
- brings up rear
- brings up the rear
- brought rear
- brought the rear
- brought up rear
- dogged footsteps of
- dogged the footsteps of
- dogging footsteps of
- dogging the footsteps of
- dogs footsteps of
- dogs the footsteps of
- gave chase
- gives chase
- giving chase
- ontoed
- ontoes
- ontoing
- put tail on
- puts a tail on
- puts tail on
- putting a tail on
- putting tail on
- schlepped along
- schlepping along
- schlepps along
- sticked to
- sticking to
- strung along
- tagged after
- tagged along
- tagging after
- tagging along
- tags after
- tags along
- takes out after
- taking out after
- took out after
• forage
- casting about
- casts about
- fine tooth comb
- fine tooth combed
- fine tooth combing
- fine tooth combs
- fine-tooth-combed
- fine-tooth-combing
- fine-tooth-combs
• go for
- clutched at
- clutches at
- clutching at
- out reach
- out reached
- out reaches
- out reaching
- out-reach
- out-reached
- out-reaches
- out-reaching
- stretched for
- stretches for
- stretching for
• hunt
- am lookout
- am on lookout
- am on the lookout
- am the lookout
- are on lookout
- are on the lookout
- are the lookout
- art lookout
- art the lookout
- be lookout
- be on lookout
- be the lookout
- beat bushes
- being lookout
- being on lookout
- being on the lookout
- being the lookout
- gunned for
- gunning for
- guns for
- is lookout
- is on lookout
- is on the lookout
- is the lookout
- look high low
- look over hell
- looked all over hell
- looked high and low
- looked high low
- looked over hell
- looking all over hell
- looking high and low
- looking high low
- looking over hell
- looks all over hell
- looks high and low
- looks high low
- looks over hell
- nosed around
- noses around
- nosing around
- scratched around
- scratches around
- scratching around
- searched high heaven
- searches high heaven
- searching high heaven
- tried find
- tries find
- tries to find
- try find
- trying find
- trying to find
- was lookout
- was on lookout
- was on the lookout
- was the lookout
- wast lookout
- wast on lookout
- wast on the lookout
- wast the lookout
- were lookout
- were on lookout
- were on the lookout
- were the lookout
- wert lookout
- wert on lookout
- wert on the lookout
- wert the lookout
• inquire
- feels out
- felt out
- hits up
- hitting up
- in quire
- in quired
- in quires
- in quiring
- in-quire
- in-quired
- in-quires
- in-quiring
- requested information
- requesting information
- requests information
- seeking information
- seeks information
- sought information
- test waters
- tested the waters
- tested waters
- testing the waters
- testing waters
- tests the waters
- tests waters
• look
- fore cast
- fore casting
- fore casts
- fore tell
- fore telling
- fore tells
- fore told
- fore-cast
- fore-casting
- fore-casts
- fore-tell
- fore-telling
- fore-tells
- fore-told
- reckoned on
- reckoning on
- reckons on
• look up
- come up on
- seeking out
- seeks out
• pursue
- sleuth
• question
- contemplate
- debate
- dispute
- interpolate
- poll
• search
- peek
Other synonyms:

•

stop

•

application
call

•

drive

•

mark

•

cut
turn

•

escape
hedge
poke

•

feel
skip
start

•

movement
provoke

•

cast
form
shake

•

direct
press
slip

Other relevant words:

• court

• endeavor

• enquire

• ferret out

• follow

• go for

• look up

seek out
sought out

• page

• petition

• pursue

• question

• request

• search

• Other relevant words (adjective):

behaviour

• Other relevant words (noun):

snoop

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

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- Proper noun, singular
  seeking.
- Noun, plural
  seeking.
Independent
- Adjective
  search.
- Proper noun, singular
  search, pushes, tells, makes, tries, searches, wants, discusses.
- Noun, plural
  search, Inquiries, Efforts, LINEs, bags, appeals, attempts, guys, searches, preferences, endeavours.
- Noun, singular or mass
  search.
- Interjection
  search.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  Applying.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  address, consult, intend, purpose, saw, search, see, treat, try, want.
- Verb, base form
  address, applied, canvass, consult, devise, discover, elicit, found, garner, inquire, intend, invite, invited, invoke, mobilize, propose, purpose, reclaim, retrieve, search, see, seize, treat, try, want, Enacted, Trafficking, Addresses, sseek.
Other Related
- Noun, plural
  researches.
- Verb, gerund or present participle
  Soliciting.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  aspire, crave.
- Verb, base form
  aspire.

What are the hypernyms for Seek?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

hypernyms for seek (as verbs)
- possession
  quest, bid.

What are the hyponyms for Seek?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

hyponyms for seek (as nouns)
- event
  movement, motion.
hyponyms for seek (as verbs)
- communication
  request.
- motion
  locomote, go, travel, move.
- possession
  want, desire.

What are the opposite words for seek?

The word seek, defined as trying to find or discover something, has several antonyms. These antonyms include hide, ignore, neglect, refuse, and reject. When someone hides or ignores something, they are doing the opposite of seeking it out. Neglecting or refusing something also goes against seeking, as one is not actively looking for or accepting it. Similarly, to reject something means to actively push it away, rather than seeking it out. In any case, antonyms of seek imply a lack of interest or desire to find something, rather than actively searching for it.

What are the antonyms for Seek?

adj.
• noun
- quit
n.
• noun
- abandon
- cease
- desert
v.
• avoid
- By-pass
- Escaping
- Shied
- Shying
- Withdrew
- by pass
- by passed
- by passes
- by passing
- by-passed
- by-passes
- by-passing
- circumlocute
- circumlocuted
- circumlocutes
- circumlocuting
- fake out
- faked out
- fakes out
- faking out
- fended off
- fending off
- gave slip
- gave the slip
- give slip
- give the slip
- gives slip
- gives the slip
- giving slip
- giving the slip
- hold off
- holds off
- keep clear
- keeping clear
- keeps clear
- kept clear
- laid low
- lay low
- laying low
- lays low
- ran for cover
- re coil
- re coiled
- re coiling
- re coils
- re-coil
- re-coiled
- re-coiling
- re-coils
- run for cover
- running for cover
- runs for cover
- shake and bake
- shake bake
- shake off
- shakes and bake
- shakes bake
- shakes off
- shaking and bake
- shaking bake
- shies
- shook and bake
- shook bake
- shrank from
- shrink from
- shrinking from
- shrinks from
- shrunk from
- shuffle off
- shuffled off
- shuffles off
- shuffling off
- skip out on
- skip town
- skipped out on
- skipped town
- skipping out on
- skipping town
- skips out on
- skips town
- staid away
- staid out
- stay away
- stay out
- stayed away
- stayed out
- staying away
- staying out
- stays away
- stays out
- steer clear of
- steered clear of
- steering clear of
- steers clear of
- step aside
- stepped aside
- stepping aside
- steps aside
- turn aside
- turned aside
- turning aside
- turns aside
- ward off
- with draw
- with drawing
- with drawn
- with draws
- with drew
- with-draw
- with-drawing
- with-drawn
- with-draws
- with-drew
• look for
- answer
- find
- ignore
- neglect
- reply
- shun
• noun
- drop
- give up
- hide
- lose
• try, attempt
- be idle
- forget
- laze
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Usage examples for Seek

If one was so to remain, it would perhaps be wiser to seek no more.

"The Furnace"

Rose Macaulay

There nobody will find us and nobody will seek us.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

But where shall we seek them?

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Famous quotes with Seek

Editors of open anthologies actively seek submissions from all comers, established and unknown. They are willing to read whatever the tide washes up at their feet.

Lynn Abbey
My eyes, my brain seek out escape routes wherever I am sent.

Jack Henry Abbott
I didn't really seek attention. I just wanted to play the game well and go home.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.

Dean Acheson
The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Henry Adams

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n.

v.

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