hunt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of HUNT

to seek out (game) for food or sport <Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter>

Synonyms chase, stalk

Related Words capture, drag, net, snare, trap; dog, ferret, hawk, hound; course, pursue, run, run down, spoor, track, trail; gun (for), harpoon, kill, shoot; poach; cull

to go in search of <I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer>

Synonyms cast about (for), cast around (for), chase (down), forage (for), hunt, look up, pursue, quest, search (for or out), shop (for)

Related Words ferret (out), root (out)

Near Antonyms hide, lose; ignore, neglect

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery <a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles>

Synonyms hunt, probe, prospect, search, skirr

Related Words reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout; disclose, discover, reveal, unearth; fathom, plumb, sound

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