| Main Entry: | pursuit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chase, search |
Synonyms: |
following, going all out, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, tracking, trail, trailing |
Antonyms: |
retreat, surrender |
| Main Entry: | quest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | search, exploration |
Synonyms: |
adventure, chase, crusade, delving, enterprise, examination, expedition, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inquisition, investigation, journey, mission, pilgrimmage, prey, probe, probing, pursual, pursuit, quarry, research, seeking, voyage |
| Main Entry: | search |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | seeking to find something |
Synonyms: |
chase, examination, exploration, fishing expedition, frisking, going-over, hunt, inquest, inquiry, inspection, investigation, legwork, perquisition, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, research, rummage, scrutiny, shakedown, wild-goose chase, witch hunt |
Antonyms: |
finding |
| Concept: | [Purpose in action] Pursuit. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional volition |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
pursuit; pursuing; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise (undertaking); business; adventure (essay); quest (search); 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.
-verbs
pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on (do); engage in (undertake); set about (begin); endeavor; court (request) seek (search) [more]; aim at (intention); follow the trail (trace); fish for (experiment); press on (haste); run a race (velocity)., chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, (sequence) [more]., rush upon; rush headlong (violence) 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), in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent.
-adverbs
in pursuance of (intention); after.
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Antonyms: |
avoidance |
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