Synonyms of fished

fished

verb

past tense of fish

as in fumbled

to search for something blindly or uncertainly

take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbled
• looked
• reached
• felt
• scrabbled
• groped
• hunted
• grabbed
• clutched
• snatched
• captured
• dredged
• scoured
• combed
• raked
• rummaged
• seized
• cast about
• nailed
• rifled
• sought (out)
• nabbed
• corralled
• grabbled
• dug (through)
• ransacked
• got

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fished

Many researchers were convinced that the group must also be unfaithful and fished around to find the relationship in Birman’s approach or Moody’s method. — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

While Stan and Bud fished the shore, Ed and I sat in a canoe casting into the tail of the current. — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026

Because the pond has been very fished. — Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 May 2026

The falls are named after the Shoshone (or Shoshoni), a Native American tribe who lived in the area and fished on the Snake River. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 26 Apr. 2026

Security agents fished VIPs from the crowd, among them Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and senior White House advisers Stephen Miller and Dan Scavino. — Calvin Woodward, Chicago Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026

Eriksson Ek immediately fished the milestone puck out of the back of the net. — Michael Russo, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026

The story goes back to 1913 when Sen̓áḵw was a coastal village where Squamish people hunted and fished. — Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026

Makassarese sailors from Celebes (Sulawesi) certainly fished off Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory, from the mid-18th century and may have done so as early as the 16th century. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Mar. 2026