Synonyms for seek
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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. Edgar Albert Guest:

   It matters not what goal you seek Its secret here reposes You've got to dig from week to week To get Results or Roses.

2. Aloo Denish Obiero:

   In the darkness, seek not the light, be the light.

3. Jeb Bush:

   This is hard for me, to be honest with you, my brother's not going to be a problem at all. I seek out his advice, I love him dearly, I've learned from his successes and mistakes.

4. Ron DeSantis:

   Now, what the AP did by trying to create a false narrative is some people may believe the narrative and then think that this is not a viable treatment for them so if they're infected, they will not go seek a monoclonal antibody and that will ultimately increase their risk of hospitalization, so the AP knew what they were doing, they wanted to do a political hit on me and the fallout from that is that there will likely be people who decline life-saving treatment. And then they have the temerity to act like they were the victim when they got called out on their hit piece.

5. Paula Davis-Laack:

   Uncertainty [in the workplace] drives a great deal of stress, as a result, people tend to turn inward, seek to protect their own turf, and become less likely to help others because they don't know what's going to happen outwardly.