Synonyms for seek
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

2. seekverb

   To try to find, to look for, to search.

   I seek wisdom.

   Synonyms:
   search, look for

3. seekverb

   To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

4. seekverb

   To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

5. seekverb

   To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

   Synonyms:
   search, look for

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. seek

   Synonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

   Antonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. seek

   Synonyms:
   search, inquire, pursue, solicit, endeavor, attempt, strive, investigate, trace, prosecute, follow, court, affect

   Antonyms:
   ignore, disregard, avoid, shun, elude, pretermit, discard, abandon, relinquish, drop

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. seekverb

   the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

2. seekverb

   try to get or reach

   "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

3. search, seek, look forverb

   try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

   "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, anticipate, explore, look, research, essay, try, look to, assay, search, look for

4. try, seek, attempt, essay, assayverb

   make an effort or attempt

   "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, examine, search, stress, adjudicate, strain, essay, look for, assay, try out, try, prove, test, try on, taste, hear, set about, undertake, sample, judge, render

5. seekverb

   go to or towards

   "a liquid seeks its own level"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

6. seekverb

   inquire for

   "seek directions from a local"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Move
   • Request
   • Want

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find

2. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit, ask, inquire for, try to get, endeavor to gain

3. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search, make search, look

4. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   try, strive, endeavor, attempt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search for, hunt, aim at, strive after, attempt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "seek":

   solicit, find, request, try, search, ask, strive, obtain, seeks, pursue, endeavour, get, seeking, aim, attempt, claim, look, explore, elicit

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How to use seek in a sentence?

1. Ahmad Tarakji:

   It's natural for many of us growing up that if there is a major threat that you run away, you seek refuge somewhere. It's exactly the opposite inside Syria, our physicians were there. They did not leave until everybody was out, and they made sure that everybody is safe.

2. Tom Jawetz:

   When Congress in 1996 enacted sweeping immigration enforcement legislation — putting in place the expedited removal system that today allows Border Patrol agents to quickly deport people Border Patrol agents apprehend without any court process — it specifically created the credible fear process to preserve the right of people to seek asylum when they are apprehended between the ports of entry, congress did that knowing that if it circumscribed the right to seek protection, then it would run afoul of our obligations under Tom Jawetz and international law to not return people to face persecution abroad. The interim final rule issued today acknowledges this history even as it attempts to undo it entirely.

3. Jim McGuire:

   JCOPE's actions today are unconstitutional, exceed its own authority and appear to be driven by political interests rather than the facts and the law, should they seek to enforce this action, we'll see them in court.

4. Takashi Tsukioka:

   We should, in the first place, focus on separating and recycling, which Japan has been doing, and then seek broad solutions, instead of jumping quickly to one approach, in the end, we should promote innovation.

5. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed:

   We thought it was the right thing to do, we want to move forward with it as we try to seek a new image for Montgomery and a new beginning, and one focused more on the economic opportunities, our investments in public education and our investments in our people in our community, as opposed to relics of the past.