treasure hunt

noun

1

: an act of searching for treasure

The adventurers set sail on a treasure hunt.

—sometimes used figuratively

a treasure hunt at one of the city's flea markets

2

: a game in which each player or team tries to be the first to find an object or group of objects that have been hidden

Examples of treasure hunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These challenges will be part fact-finding mission and part treasure hunt. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

How to participate Participation in the treasure hunt is free and hunters can sign up for exclusive updates and early clues on Stacks Bowers website. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2026

Its tale of a Zainichi assassin (an ethnic Korean in Japan), as well as fraying political tensions between the North and South, take its characters far and wide, in a follow-the-money treasure hunt dangerously close to the halls of power. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

In a kind of treasure hunt, Crouch gathers all the acorns on private lands. — Jessie Schiewe, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for treasure hunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront