Synonyms for Sought:

• adj.

  • requested
  • Demanded
  ,
  • Petitioned
  ,
  • Queried
  ,
  • Questioned
  ,
  • Summoned
  ,
  • desired
  ,
  • requisitioned
  ,
  • solicited
  ,
  • wanted
  .
  • ppl
  • sought
  .
  • wanted
  • hunted
  .

• v.

  • petitioned
  • Claimed
  ,
  • Competed
  ,
  • Hoped
  ,
  • applied
  .
  • pursued
  • Aimed
  ,
  • Aspired
  ,
  • Endeavored
  ,
  • Followed
  ,
  • Searched
  ,
  • Striven
  ,
  • Strove
  ,
  • Trailed
  ,
  • Undertaken
  ,
  • Undertook
  ,
  • chased
  ,
  • dogged
  ,
  • harried
  ,
  • intended
  ,
  • pursued
  ,
  • quested
  ,
  • sleuthed
  ,
  • stalked
  ,
  • tailed
  ,
  • tracked
  .
  • questioned
  • Asked
  ,
  • Canvassed
  ,
  • Challenged
  ,
  • Contemplated
  ,
  • Cross-examined
  ,
  • Debated
  ,
  • Delved
  ,
  • Examined
  ,
  • Explored
  ,
  • Interpolated
  ,
  • Investigated
  ,
  • Polled
  ,
  • Quizzed
  ,
  • Surveyed
  ,
  • catechized
  ,
  • disputed
  ,
  • interrogated
  .
  • requested
  • Appealed
  ,
  • Bidden
  ,
  • Inquired
  ,
  • Pleaded
  ,
  • Probed
  ,
  • Urged
  ,
  • Wished
  ,
  • bid
  ,
  • invited
  .
  • searched
  • Foraged
  ,
  • Peered
  ,
  • Pried
  ,
  • Rummaged
  ,
  • Sifted
  ,
  • Winnowed
  ,
  • combed
  ,
  • peeked
  ,
  • rifled
  ,
  • scoured
  .

• Other synonyms:

•
• Paged
.

• Other relevant words:

• apparent
,
• applied for
,
• asked for
,
• common
,
• coveted
,
• current
,
• customary
,
• democratic
,
• evident
,
• fashionable
,
• general
,
• homely
,
• literal
,
• look for
,
• manifest
,
• marketable
,
• needed
,
• picked up
,
• plain
,
• popular
,
• quest
,
• questing
,
• quests
,
• request
,
• require
,
• required
,
• search
,
• searched for
,
• seek
,
• seeking
,
• seeks
,
• sheer
,
• sought-after
,
• tried to find
,
• unembellished
,
• unmixed
,
• unornamented
,
• unpatterned
,
• unvarnished
.
• Other relevant words (adjective):
• caught on
,
• crowd-pleasing
,
• faddish
,
• in demand
,
• in favor
,
• in the mainstream
,
• rager
,
• requested
,
• sought after
,
• the rage
,
• well-liked
,
• well-received
.

What are the paraphrases for Sought?

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    Aspired, Strived, Strove.
  • Verb, past participle
    Strived, Striven.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    discuss, requested, seeking, wanted, discusses, looks, mulls.
  • Noun, plural
    wanted.
  • Verb, past tense
    access, acquired, advanced, advised, agreed, agreement, aim, alleged, anticipated, appeal, applicable, applied, appointed, arranged, ascertained, asserted, assumed, assured, attached, attempted, awaited, beg, billed, called, calling, centred, charged, chased, checked, collected, come, commissioned, committed, completed, concentrated, conducted, considered, constituted, contained, continued, contracted, date, decided, decreed, deducted, defined, described, designed, develop, dig, discovered, drew, earned, elected, elicited, employed, employee, encouraged, end, endeavour, endorsed, expanded, explore, expressed, extended, faced, fancy, featured, fell, felt, focused, focussed, forced, found, gain, go, goal, graduated, guaranteed, handled, heard, held, hired, identified, identifying, implied, included, increased, insured, invite, invited, involved, led, left, liked, locate, locked, made, maintained, making, moved, necessary, objective, obtain, oriented, paid, placed, planned, pledged, pointed, presented, pressed, pretended, produced, proposed, purpose, put, raised, recommended, registered, related, represented, resigned, retained, saw, scrambled, secure, secured, selected, sent, set, spent, spoke, stated, striking, suggested, taxation, tent, tested, thought, tied, touched, town, treat, treated, treaty, tried, turned, use, used, utilize, utilized, wanted, welcomed, won, Accounted, Acted, Aimed, Alluded, Amounted, Answered, Appealed, Appeared, Approached, Argued, Assessed, Awarded, Was, Became, Began, Believed, Brought, Broadened, Came, Captured, Carried, Caught, Cautioned, Challenged, Chose, Cited, Dealt, Debated, Defended, Deposited, Did, Died, Discriminated, Doing, Earmarked, Embarked, Encompassed, Endeavored, Enjoyed, Enumerated, Envisaged, Everything, Examined, Existed, Explored, Fought, Followed, Gained, Garnered, Gave, Went, Had, Heeded, Helped, Hoped, Incurred, Indicated, Inquired, Insisted, Introduced, Investigated, Invoiced, Invoked, Issued, Lacked, Levied, Listened, Lobbied, Looked, Managed, Meant, Mentioned, Necessitated, Obtaining, Offered, Operated, Parties, Persisted, Pertained, Petitioned, Pleaded, Queried, Questioned, Ran, Reached, Recruited, Refused, Reiterated, Relied, Responded, Resulted, Retrieved, Scored, Searched, Took, Talked, Tasked, Tasted, Told, Tempted, Tended, Towards, Trafficked, Trafficking, Undertook, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Visited, Volunteered, Waited, Warned, Watched, Wore, Were, Widened, Wished, Wondered, Worked, Wrote, Commenced, Complied, Consisted, Consulted, Contemplated, Contended, Contributed, Convened, Cried, Postulated, Prayed, Promoted, Prosecuted, Pushed, Spanned, Stipulated, Struggled, Submitted, Sued, Wanna, associates, accessed, touches, contacted, claims, conclusions, appeals, invites, summarized, tabled, entrusted, functioned, briefed, collaborated, ensured, allocated, hopes, requisitioned, hosted, mandated, HIT, enquired, phoned, opted, monitored, Favoured, endeavoured, 'd, 'il.
  • Verb, past participle
    accepted, accomplished, accumulated, accused, acquired, action, added, admitted, adopted, advanced, advised, agreed, alleged, anticipated, applied, appointed, appreciated, appropriated, approved, arranged, ascertained, assembled, asserted, assigned, assumed, assured, attached, attained, attempt, attempted, authorised, authorized, available, bothered, bound, browse, calculated, called, certified, characterised, charged, chased, checked, chosen, clarified, collected, come, commissioned, committed, completed, composed, conceived, concentrated, conducted, connected, considered, contained, continued, contracted, controlled, convicted, cooperation, coupled, decided, dedicated, deducted, defined, described, designed, destined, detected, determined, developed, devoted, disclosed, discovered, distributed, dogged, done, drawn, earned, educated, effected, elaborated, elicited, emphasized, employed, encouraged, endeavour, endorsed, entitled, envisioned, established, estimated, expanded, experienced, expressed, extended, faced, fastened, felt, filmed, financed, fixed, focused, focussed, forced, forecast, foreseen, formed, formulated, fostered, found, funded, furnished, gathered, geared, given, gone, governed, guided, handled, harassed, haunted, have, heard, held, hired, hope, hunted, identified, imagined, implemented, implicated, imposed, inclined, included, incorporated, increased, informed, interested, interpreted, invited, involved, kept, known, led, left, liked, loaded, located, loved, made, maintained, measured, moved, noted, objective, obligated, obliged, organised, organized, oriented, outlined, overcome, paid, permitted, placed, planned, played, pledged, posed, posted, practised, predicted, prepared, presented, pressed, previous, proceed, processed, produced, projected, proposed, punished, pursued, put, raised, ratified, read, realized, reclaimed, recommended, recourse, recovered, reference, related, released, repeated, reported, resolved, resort, response, retained, retired, risen, scheduled, secured, see, seen, seized, sent, set, signed, specified, spent, spoken, stamped, stated, stressed, struck, suggested, supposed, surrendered, sustained, taken, tapped, tender, tested, thought, tied, topic, touched, traced, trained, transmitted, treated, treaty, tried, trusted, turned, understood, used, utilized, valued, vested, victimized, voiced, wanted, warranted, welcome, welcomed, wired, won, Accorded, Acted, Administered, Advocated, Aimed, Allowed, Appealed, Approached, Argued, Arrived, Assayed, Assessed, Attracted, Availed, Avoided, Awarded, Been, Begged, Begun, Believed, Borrowed, Brought, Broadened, Canvassed, Captured, Carried, Caught, Challenged, Cited, Dealt, Debated, Deemed, Delivered, Deployed, Deposited, Devised, Died, Disappeared, Discriminated, Earmarked, Embarked, Encountered, Endeavored, Enjoined, Enjoyed, Entered, Enumerated, Envisaged, Examined, Exercised, Exerted, Experimented, Explored, Extradited, Fought, Flown, Followed, Forwarded, Gained, Generated, Gotten, Had, Helped, Hoped, Hounded, Incurred, Indicated, Indicted, Insisted, Inspected, Instituted, Introduced, Investigated, Invoked, Issued, Launched, Lodged, Looked, Managed, Marshalled, Meant, Mentioned, Mobilized, Ourselves, Necessitated, Notified, Offered, Operated, Orderable, Overtaken, Passed, Performed, Petitioned, Picked, Queried, Questioned, Quoted, Reached, Recruited, Regarded, Relied, Remedied, Rendered, Replied, Resorted, Retrieved, Scored, Searched, Shipped, Shown, Tackled, Talked, Tasked, Told, Tempted, Tended, Tendered, Trafficked, Trafficking, Transferred, Undertaken, Upheld, Urged, Viewed, Visited, Waited, Warned, Watched, Widened, Wished, Wondered, Worded, Worked, Commanded, Communicated, Compiled, Comprised, Compromised, Consulted, Contemplated, Contended, Contributed, Convened, Created, Postulated, Prayed, Prized, Procured, Progressed, Promoted, Prompted, Prosecuted, Pushed, Strapped, Struggled, Subjected, started, Submitted, Sued, Summoned, Supplied, Surveyed, Efforts, accessed, contacted, conclusions, evaluated, budgeted, tabled, entrusted, campaigned, briefed, sprayed, ensured, allocated, comments, researched, interrogated, observations, mandated, triggered, reviewed, overstretched, interviewed, enquired, leveraged, monitored, laid, Favoured, analysed, endeavoured, mobilised, calledfor, criminalized, IOOKED, wantedto.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    consultation, engaged, enlisted, gathered, instructed, nominated, ordered, pursued, requested, Proceeded.
  • Verb, past participle
    engaged, instructed, nominated, ordered, persecuted, requested, solicited.

What are the hypernyms for Sought?

• Other hypernyms:

  explore, hunt, look, pursue, quest, request, search, seek, solicit, seek after.