Synonyms of hunts

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searches
• quests
• chases
• pursuits
• sweeps
• surveys
• scouts
• explorations
• probes
• reconnaissances
• canvasses
• forages
• recons
• shakedowns

hunts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hunt

1

as in chases

to seek out (game) for food or sport

Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chases
• stalks
• traps
• snares
• captures
• kills
• pursues
• tracks
• drags
• hounds
• trails
• dogs
• nets
• shoots
• hawks
• courses
• culls
• ferrets
• runs down
• guns (for)
• runs
• spoors
• poaches
• harpoons

2

as in pursues

to go in search of

I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pursues
• seeks
• chases (down)
• shops (for)
• searches (for or out)
• looks up
• casts about (for)
• looks for
• forages (for)
• casts around (for)
• quests
• ferrets (out)
• roots (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• loses
• hides
• ignores
• neglects

3

as in explores

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery

a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searches
• explores
• prospects
• probes
• skirrs
• scouts
• discovers
• reveals
• discloses
• unearths
• reconnoiters
• plumbs
• sounds
• fathoms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hunts

Noun

One of my favorite hunts took place in early September, 1991. —Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 18 Dec. 2025

Case pieces Non-upholstered pieces with storage—including dressers, chests, and credenzas—are always the first things Cavaliere hunts for. —Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 16 Dec. 2025

For many workers, 2025 was a year defined by strict RTO mandates, massive layoffs, and exhausting job hunts. —Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2025

But the Arizona Corporation Commission's decision to greenlight the deal comes as the data center's developer, Beale Infrastructure, hunts for a new operator for the site. —Sasha Hupka, AZCentral.com, 4 Dec. 2025

Coyote hunts prove popular There are several focused coyote hunts regularly organized in Tennessee. —Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 3 Dec. 2025

Permit deadlines to participate in special hunts have passed. —Lulu Jaeckel, Twin Cities, 3 Dec. 2025

Sounds of loud trilling shouts after silent hunts, and singing. —Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025

But with fieldwork costly and orca hunts difficult to predict, gathering more data will take time. —Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2025

Verb

But while many hiring professionals are concerned about applicants using AI in the process, one leader actually hunts for talent using the tech in application rounds. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025

That included a pair of hunters named Victor Travis and Raymond Burgess; on the show, Gein hunts them down and murders them with a chainsaw. —Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025

This place belongs to the Carver, a deranged butcher who hunts anything foolish enough to enter. —Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025

The sunbathers of sleepy Amity Bay are helpless against the unexpected great white shark that hunts their coasts; Spielberg’s talent for suspense, effective horror shocks, and ingenious reinvention of the classic animal-attack movie remain as impressive as ever. —Christina Newland, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

The Xenomorph onboard the ship now hunts really stupid soldiers in the halls of the building. —Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

Ernie Smith is the editor of Tedium, a long-running newsletter that hunts for the end of the long tail. —IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025