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 Every man and boy dreamed of killing that old boar, and plenty of work was forgotten by the men who hunted him. — Jack Wingate As Told To John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 7 Nov. 2026 Before the discovery, scientists had assumed the cat hunted pronghorn on open plains. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2026 In the early 19th century, California’s sea otters were hunted to the brink of extinction, the unparalleled softness and value of their fur drawing fur trappers all the way from Russia into California. — Joseph Ogilvy, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026 Residents were rattled the day a Customs and Border Protection helicopter hovered above town and the elementary school went into lockdown as the police hunted for a Mexican man who had run from one of Alexander’s traffic stops. — Francesca D’annunzio, ProPublica, 25 Oct. 2026 For the intismeran study, scientists hunted gene mutations unique to each patient’s tumor, mutations that create proteins which shouldn’t be in the body unless those cancer cells start to grow again. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026 Continue reading â¦ SOUTH OF THE BORDER â Dog the Bounty Hunter hunted Max Factor heir Andrew Luster to Mexico in 2003, now serial rapist is free. — FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026 During the country’s civil war, poachers hunted large numbers of elephants for their ivory tusks. — Alida De Flamingh, The Conversation, 19 Oct. 2026 The third installment pivots slightly, focusing more on the experiences of Debra, who is haunted and hunted in the same way as her cousin, Jenny. — Abbey White, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2026

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Last year, Rich County Sheriff Dale Stacey said detectives had chased reports of sightings across multiple states and urged the public to preserve any photographic or timestamped evidence.

— Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2026
An officer chased Burch into an apartment complex near Eagle Springs Way and used a Taser on him, police said.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

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Yet Television’s peak era was brief, lasting for just two albums before the band split in 1978 and Verlaine and Lloyd pursued solo careers, although the band reformed in 1992 and regrouped several times over the years.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026
The American people deserve to know what the priorities are, what changes are being pursued and how success will be measured.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of pursued

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Meanwhile, Trumpworld searched frantically for scapegoats to deflect blame that the electoral bloodbath was a rebuke of the president and his agenda.

— Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2026
The 70-year-old was bound with zip ties as the suspects searched for valuables.

— CBS News, CBS News, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of searched

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The team sought to develop a way to deploy conventional munitions from drones without requiring soldiers to carry out field modifications or manually remove existing safety mechanisms.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2026
Historic run for governor By April 2025 Bottoms was ready to run again—this time for governor, a position that voting rights activist Stacey Abrams had sought but lost in 2018 and 2022.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Nov. 2026

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Times staff writer Deborah Vankin recently explored the practice of walking therapy by taking a hike through Griffith Park with psychotherapist Ismary Colón Angueira, who specializes in the modality.

— Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026
In Japan, this genre has been explored quite thoroughly in anime or animation, but it’s never really been done in live-action.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026