HUNTS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

hunts 1 of 2

noun

plural of hunt

as in searches

an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something soon the whole family was involved in the hunt for Mom's car keys

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hunts

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verb

present tense third-person singular of hunt

as in chases

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 pursues

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

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as in explores

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 hunts

Noun

Magnificent Frigate-bird — Relentless defensively; hunts by chasing other birds and forcing them to drop their prey. —

Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Madonna hunts pheasant in the English countryside, Thomas Edison electrocutes an elephant, Harry Harlow conducts callous experiments on monkeys, and Jimmy Carter fends off a swamp rabbit attack. —

Literary Hub, 9 June 2026 Outfitters booked hunts for 30 or 40 days and sent the hunters out with a full staff of Indian guides, cooks, and wranglers. —

Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026 Alaska allows tightly regulated brown bear hunts and issues a limited number of permits each year. —

Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026 Growing up, the 71-year-old remembers going on regular communal hippo hunts around the lakeshore, and fishermen coming home with catches of more than 250 pounds. —

Tommy Trenchard, NPR, 31 May 2026 The randomizer doesn’t always reward these hunts. —

Jay Peters, The Verge, 27 May 2026 The episodes also breathed well and did not get bogged down in too many advantages and idol hunts. —

Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026 As a result, the bats failed their hunts. —

Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 19 May 2026

Verb

Down below, an Army private (Charles Melton) hunts the killer. —

Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2026 This is an eagle that genuinely hunts monkeys in the forest canopy. —

Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Indeed, the picturesque peninsula of Istria, located in northern Croatia, is the perfect blend of coast and countryside, where truffle hunts through the hills of Buzet and boat excursions along the Brijuni Islands are not to be missed. —

Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 May 2026 The move comes as the industry hunts for training data to use in the workplace itself. —

Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026 Julie Allemand is an elite passer and playmaker who hardly ever hunts her own shot. —

Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2026 This new film stars Alan Ritchson as an Army Ranger who while on a training mission comes across a deadly machine that relentlessly hunts him and his peers. —

ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026 Like most sharks, though, Whitney hunts alone. —

Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026 As a director, Coogler wove all these elements and characters together, not to mention the film’s big bad —the Devil in possession of an Irish rogue (Jack O’Connell) who hunts after the teen character Sammie (Miles Caton). —

Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hunts

Noun

By the summer of 2021, the company had complied with the government’s initial request to identify more than 250 users whose searches included references to bombs or if users repeatedly looked up the RNC or DNC.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 19 June 2026
Copenhagen's Vesterbro saw searches increase by 85%, while Florida's Wilton Manors experienced a 68% rise, highlighting growing interest in destinations outside the traditional LGBTQ+ tourism hotspots.

— Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026