HUNTED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hunted

verb

past tense of hunt

as in chased

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

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as in pursued

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

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as in searched

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

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Recent Examples of hunted The Freedom — led by coach Paulo Crimber — hunted for their third win of the homestand, facing the Carolina Cowboys, who were 1-1 so far. — Ava Dicecca, Sun Sentinel, 9 Aug. 2026 By last summer, the government had certified more than 178,000 Afghans as having worked for the United States and being hunted for it. — Shawn Vandiver, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Rahill has professionally hunted pythons for over a decade and is the founder of Swamp Apes. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 Woolly mammoths coexisted with early humans who hunted the cold-resistant herbivores for food and used their tusks and bones as tools. — CBS News, 4 Aug. 2026 During an early first-team period, Ferrell hunted Malik Willis down from across the field on a play-action pass, closing from the opposite side for a would-be sack. — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 In that massacre, Black South Carolinians were systematically hunted throughout their community over an alleged attack on a white elderly woman, which was later proved false. — Jacob Ware, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 Marmots, woodland creatures whose raw viscera are believed by Siberians to have medicinal properties, are not infrequently hunted by poachers and sold at wet markets. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 Right whales were once common off the East Coast, but they were hunted to near extinction during the commercial whaling era. — ABC News, 22 July 2026

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More recently, a bear came within a few feet of a boy in Torrington before being chased away by the family’s dog.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026
Carrington chased Cunningham down from behind as the Fever guard went up for a layup and caught her across the head and neck area, sending Cunningham crashing to the floor.

— Amber Harding OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of chased

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Police said that the suspect had also searched for websites on mass shootings before the attack and that the gun belonged to his grandfather and had been registered.

— Connor Greene, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
The systems then searched for ways to obtain that material directly rather than solve every challenge as intended.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

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Cepo stalked from the center and staggered Urbina with an overhand right, then pinned him to the fence and punched wildly.

— Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Kohberger may have stalked his female victims After the slayings, one of the victims’ roommates Dylan Mortensen told the Moscow Police Department that Goncalves thought she was being followed in the weeks before she was murdered.

— Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

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In the most part, IEEFA's Williams-Derry said oil companies have sought to stockpile cash reserves and pay down debt to improve their balance sheets.

— Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
The group sought to prove its point again Sunday by partnering with Nida Abu Baker, whose father was sentenced in 2009 for coleading a Texas charity that bankrolled terrorists.

— Hudson Crozier, The Washington Examiner, 9 Aug. 2026

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First, there was Green Porno, her series of shorts that launched in 2008 on the Sundance Channel and explored some of the more bizarre mating behaviors in nature.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
Crutchfield and Molt’s rivalry is explored in the book Stolen World by Jennie Erin Smith—like Monsters of God’s first episode, the author uses the two men as a window into how smuggling has fuelled the popularity of reptiles in modern America.

— Rory Doherty, Time, 6 Aug. 2026