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

The black-footed ferret hunts prairie dogs exclusively, which are active during the day. — Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Through Dolphin Project, O’Barry has raised awareness of and worked to end the mass dolphin hunts in Japan—the subject of the 2009 documentary The Cove, which features O’Barry and Hayden Panettiere. — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 18 Sep. 2026 Before sundown on Saturdays and Sundays, families can visit Tricks and Treats, a kid-friendly event with crafts, costume contests and candy hunts. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 The forest also merits a visit after the spring or autumn rains, when local guides lead mushroom hunts. — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026 The gang hunts members of the Apache tribe and sells their scalps at the behest of the Mexican government, and Cormac McCarthy’s unrelenting novel follows its members around Mexico and the American Southwest during the 1840s. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 Bear hunts in the state ended in 1994, when populations dipped dangerously low, returned for one year in 2015, and were banned again until last year. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 15 Sep. 2026 There are some outstanding late hunts adjacent to national parks where elk migrate out and onto land available to hunters. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026 Grinter said dragonflies are among the most effective predators in nature, with more than 90% of their hunts ending successfully. — Olga R. Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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Jordan hunts estate sales, thrift stores and EcoSet, flips Facebook Marketplace scores and tends an ever-growing plant collection, treating her cozy apartment as a long-term nesting ground between film and TV jobs. — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026 As its common name suggests, the giant huntsman spider actively hunts its prey, and its diet includes insects as well as small rodents and reptiles. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Sep. 2026 Then, Infalt hunts the remaining 10 percent that also offers quality edge cover. — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026 Liz Meriwether sorta, kinda uses the 1987 thriller Black Widow — in which a government agent (Debra Winger) hunts a female serial killer (Theresa Russell) — as a starting point for a series that doesn’t even bear that title anymore. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026 Here's a look at what the orbiter captured, and what could be next as NASA also hunts for the crash site. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026 Steve Brusatte is a paleontologist who hunts and writes about dinosaurs. — Big Think, 31 July 2026 Any python-nabbing excursion requires adequate prep work to ensure everyone stays safe—and actually hunts the proper animals. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 July 2026 This is an eagle that genuinely hunts monkeys in the forest canopy. — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

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Law enforcement agencies also can opt to share access to their network of Flock cameras with other agencies in the state or across the country, allowing for searches statewide or nationwide.

— Angie DiMichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
Colleges are rethinking training for computer science students Watching students navigate job searches has been hard for Nicholas Mattei, an associate computer science professor at Tulane.

— Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

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Verb

The call comes as Washington pursues tentative outreach with China on coordinating AI developments, including through a possible deconfliction hotline with Beijing, though a similar mechanism notably failed during a 2001 security crisis.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Making a partial payment and changing how a debt collector pursues the remaining balance aren't necessarily the same thing.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of pursues

Verb

Hell stalks the delegates of Lethe House in the conclusion to the Ninth House trilogy.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026
She’s loved by her family of humans (the Osteens) and other farm animals (including Elsie the cow; goats Honey, Dolly, Roger, Polly and Dodger; and Tom, the king of the turkeys who stalks around his enclosure like a pharaoh).

— Emily L. Mahoney, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of stalks

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Lee’s fiction, like 19th-century novels, seeks to engender sympathy by paying close attention to the lives of many varied characters.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Naqvi’s visit comes as Pakistan seeks to facilitate dialogue between the United States and Iran, with the help of other regional countries.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026