Synonyms for quest
kwɛstquest

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1. pursuit, pursuance, questnoun

   a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

   "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

   Synonyms:
   prosecution, sideline, pursuance, following, pastime, pursual, spare-time activity, avocation, hobby, chase, by-line, pursuit, interest, seeking

2. quest, seekingverb

   the act of searching for something

   "a quest for diamonds"

   Synonyms:
   seeking, pursuance, pursuit

3. questverb

   make a search (for)

   "Things that die with their eyes open and questing"; "The animal came questing through the forest"

   Synonyms:
   request, call for, bay, bespeak

4. questverb

   search the trail of (game)

   "The dog went off and quested"

   Synonyms:
   request, call for, bay, bespeak

5. bay, questverb

   bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

   Synonyms:
   request, call for, bay, bespeak

6. questverb

   seek alms, as for religious purposes

   Synonyms:
   request, call for, bay, bespeak

7. request, bespeak, call for, questverb

   express the need or desire for; ask for

   "She requested an extra bed in her room"; "She called for room service"

   Synonyms:
   call for, demand, bespeak, indicate, betoken, gather up, need, postulate, involve, point, bay, require, pick up, necessitate, take, collect, ask, signal, request, invite

Matched Categories

1. • Bark
   • Search
   • Seek
   • Solicit
   • Trail

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1. questnoun

   Synonyms:
   search

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1. questnoun

   Synonyms:
   search, seeking, pursuit, request, desire, solicitation, inquiry

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1. List of paraphrases for "quest":

   search, pursuit, qwest, research, searching, aspiration, endeavour, recherche, attempt

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1. List of known nicknames for "Quest":

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1. Eugene S. Wilson:

   Only the curious will learn and only the resolute overcome the obstacles to learning. The quest quotient has always excited me more than the intelligence quotient.

2. Helen Rowland:

   Love, the quest; marriage, the conquest; divorce, the inquest.

3. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

4. Espen Barth Eide:

   Not only do you not reap the benefits, it makes things worse, the quest for resources becomes a part of the division and fuels further division.

5. Daniel J. Boorstin:

   The American experience stirred mankind from discovery to exploration, from the cautious quest for what they knew (or what they thought they knew) was out there, to an enthusiastic reaching to the unknown.