Antonyms for hunting
ˈhʌn tɪŋhunt·ing

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1. hunting

   A hunt may be either the act of pursuing or the act of seeking, or a combination of the two. A chase or pursuit is after that which is fleeing or departing; a search is for that which is hidden; a hunt may be for that which is either hidden or fleeing; a search is a minute and careful seeking, and is especially applied to a locality; we make a search of or through a house, for an object, in which connection it would be colloquial to say a hunt. Hunt never quite loses its association with field-sports, where it includes both search and chase; the search till the game is hunted out, and the chase till it is hunted down. Figuratively, we speak of literary pursuits, or of the pursuit of knowledge; a search for reasons; the chase of fame or honor; hunt, in figurative use, inclines to the unfavorable sense of inquisition, but with more of dash and aggressiveness; as, a hunt for heresy.

   Synonyms:
   chase, hunt, inquisition, pursuit, search

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1. • Activity
   • Blood Sport
   • Labor
   • Outdoor Sport

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. hunt, huntingnoun

   the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

   Synonyms:
   search, hunt, hunt club

2. search, hunt, huntingnoun

   the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

   Synonyms:
   hunt, search, hunt club, lookup

3. hunt, huntingnoun

   the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

   Synonyms:
   search, hunt, hunt club

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. huntingnoun

   Synonyms:
   chase, hunt, field-sport

   Associated words:
   quarry, game, poaching, poacher, mort, yoicks, hoicks

How to use hunting in a sentence?

1. Rick Meckler:

   You're seeing some end-of-year bargain hunting here.

2. Professor Gao:

   Their extra strength means that they may have uses in hunting, even the military.

3. President Bill Raney:

   We have had a lot to talk about over the last eight years and about how the people of Appalachia have been sorely affected by the policies of this administration, people in this area are hunting for hope and wanting to see that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. Donald Trump is showing us that light.

4. Greg Skomal:

   As long as people are willing to take the risk and go out into deep water where these sharks are hunting, the probability of additional attacks is quite high.

5. Tess Thompson Talley:

   The giraffe I hunted was the South African sub-species of giraffe. The numbers of this sub-species is actually increasing due, in part, to hunters and conservation efforts paid for in large part by big game hunting. The breed is not rare in any way other than it was very old. Giraffes get darker with age.

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