Synonyms of seeking

seeking 1 of 2

noun

as in search

Synonyms & Similar Words

• search
• trail
• path
• track
• pursuing
• hot pursuit
• chasing
• tracking
• pursuit
• tracing
• trailing
• chase
• tailing
• tagging along
• shadowing
• tagging
• following
• hounding
• dogging

seeking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of seek

1

as in pursuing

to go in search of

Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pursuing
• hunting
• searching (for or out)
• chasing (down)
• shopping (for)
• foraging (for)
• looking for
• looking up
• casting about (for)
• casting around (for)
• questing
• ferreting (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• hiding
• ignoring
• neglecting

2

as in requesting

to make a request for

came seeking financial advice

Synonyms & Similar Words

• requesting
• desiring
• requiring
• speaking (for)
• demanding
• calling (for)
• urging
• suing (for)
• pleading (for)
• asking (for)
• claiming
• soliciting
• inviting
• applying (for)
• questing
• wishing (for)
• invoking
• begging (for)
• importuning
• pressing (for)
• bespeaking
• insisting (on)
• clamoring (for)
• enjoining
• petitioning (for)
• requisitioning
• exacting

3

as in trying

to make an effort to do

seek to find the best solution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trying
• attempting
• striving
• endeavoring
• shooting for
• hoping
• essaying
• shooting at
• struggling
• assaying
• working
• having a go at
• aiming
• toiling
• fighting
• trying one's hand (at)
• aspiring
• troubling
• undertaking
• straining
• assuming
• taking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• giving up
• quitting