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Pursuit - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: pursuit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chase, search
Synonyms: following, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, trail, trailing, going all out, pursual, pursuance, tracking
Antonyms: retreat, surrender
Main Entry: pursuit
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: occupation, interest of person
Synonyms: accomplishment, activity, business, calling, career, do*, employment, game*, go*, hang*, hobby, job, line*, occupation, pastime, pleasure, racket, thing*, undertaking, venture, vocation, work, accomplishing, biz
Concept Thesaurus
Synonyms:
-nouns
pursuit; pursuing; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise (undertaking) [more]; business [more]; adventure (essay) [more]; quest (search) [more]; scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt., chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar., pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari, sportsman, Nimrod; hound [more].
-verbs
pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on (do) [more]; engage in (undertake) [more]; set about (begin) [more]; endeavor [more]; court (request) [more] seek (search) [more]; aim at (intention) [more]; follow the trail (trace) [more]; fish for (experiment) [more]; press on (haste) [more]; run a race (velocity) [more]., chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, (sequence) [more]., rush upon; rush headlong (violence) [more] ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at, run down; start game., tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby.
-adjectives
pursuing; in quest of (inquiry) [more], in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent.
-adverbs
in pursuance of (intention) [more]; after.
Antonyms: avoidance
Main Entry: aspiration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal, hope
Synonyms: aim, ambition, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff*, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning, ambitiousness, fire in the belly
Main Entry: attempt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: try, effort
Synonyms: all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run*, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack*, workout
Antonyms: certainty, laziness, success
Main Entry: calling
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: chosen profession
Synonyms: art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig*, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket*, rat race*, slot*, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work
Antonyms: amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation
Main Entry: courtship
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dating, romance
Synonyms: engagement, love, lovemaking, pursuit, suit, courting, keeping company, wooing
Main Entry: demand
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: question, request
Synonyms: appeal, application, bid, bidding, call, call for, charge, claim, clamor, command, entreaty, imposition, inquiry, insistence, interest, interrogation, lien, necessity, need, occasion, order, petition, plea, prayer, pursuit, requirement, requisition, rush, sale, search, stipulation, suit, supplication, trade, ultimatum, use, vogue, want, arrogation, counterclaim, entreatment, exaction, impetration, imploration, importunity, solicitation
Antonyms: grant, offer, reply
Main Entry: dragnet
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: manhunt
Synonyms: all points bulletin, chase, pursuit, search
Main Entry: furtherance
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: advancement
Synonyms: advocacy, backing, championship, progress, progression, promotion, prosecution, pursuit, boosting, carrying-out
Antonyms: curtailment, delay, hindrance, impediment, stoppage, blockage
Main Entry: hunt
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: search, chase
Synonyms: exploration, following, game, hunting, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, interrogation, investigation, meddling, probe, prosecution, prying, pursuing, pursuit, quest, race, raid, reconnaissance, research, rummage, scrutiny, seeking, sporting, study, trailing, coursing, field sport, frisking, hounding, look-see, pursuance, sifting, snooping, steeplechase, tracing
Main Entry: inquiry
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: asking; looking into
Synonyms: analysis, audit, check, disquisition, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hearing, inquest, inquisition, inspection, interrogation, investigation, poll, probe, pursuit, query, quest, question, questioning, request, research, scrutiny, search, study, survey, third degree, trial balloon*, Q and A, catechizing, cross-examination, delving, grilling, interrogatory, legwork, probing, quizzing
Notes: a query is a single question; an inquiry (or enquiry) may be a single question or extensive investigation (series of questions)
Antonyms: answer, reply
Main Entry: lifework
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's calling
Synonyms: business, career, interest, mission, occupation, profession, purpose, pursuit, vocation, work
Antonyms: task
Main Entry: métier
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: occupation
Synonyms: calling, chosen work, craft, day gig, employment, field, forte, job, line of work, one's specialty, profession, pursuit, racket*, thing*, trade, vocation, walk of life*, work
Main Entry: mission
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person's task, responsibility
Synonyms: aim, assignment, business, calling, charge, commission, duty, end, errand, goal, job, lifework, object, objective, office, operation, profession, purpose, pursuit, quest, sortie, trade, trust, undertaking, vocation, work
Main Entry: province
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: area of rule, responsibility
Synonyms: arena, bailiwick, business, calling, canton, capacity, charge, colony, concern, county, department, dependency, district, division, domain, dominion, duty, employment, field, function, jurisdiction, line, office, orbit, part, post, pursuit, realm, region, role, section, sphere, terrain, territory, tract, walk, work, zone, champaign, demesne, shire
Main Entry: quest
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: search, exploration
Synonyms: adventure, chase, crusade, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, prey, probe, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage, delving, pilgrimmage, probing, pursual
Main Entry: search
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: seeking to find something
Synonyms: chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown*, wild-goose chase*, witch hunt*, frisking, going-over, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance
Antonyms: finding
Main Entry: specialty
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: distinctive feature; concentration
Synonyms: career, cup of tea*, forte, game*, hobby, job, long suit*, magnum opus, major, masterpiece, minor, number, occupation, practice, profession, pursuit, racket*, special, thing*, vocation, weakness, work, claim to fame, distinguishing feature, field of concentration, object of attention, object of study, pièce de résistance, special project, speciality
Antonyms: generalization
Main Entry: undertaking
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: endeavor, attempt
Synonyms: adventure, affair, business, deal, effort, engagement, enterprise, essay, experiment, game, happening, hassle, hazard, job, move, operation, outfit, play, project, proposition, pursuit, shop, striving, struggle, task, thing*, trial, try, venture, work, what one is into
Antonyms: abstention
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