Synonyms of questing

questing

verb

present participle of quest

1

as in demanding

to ask for (something) earnestly or with authority

I respectfully quest your assistance in this matter

Synonyms & Similar Words

• demanding
• requiring
• requesting
• asking
• wanting
• claiming
• commanding
• calling (for)
• exacting
• pressing (for)
• needing
• insisting (on)
• clamoring (for)
• enjoining
• stipulating (for)
• taking
• necessitating
• pleading (for)
• crying (for)
• imposing
• harassing
• warranting
• requisitioning
• badgering
• hounding
• dunning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• yielding
• giving up
• surrendering
• relinquishing

2

as in pursuing

to go in search of

many daydreamers trekked to California questing riches during the great gold rush of 1849

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pursuing
• seeking
• hunting
• searching (for or out)
• chasing (down)
• shopping (for)
• foraging (for)
• looking up
• looking for
• casting about (for)
• casting around (for)
• ferreting (out)
• rooting (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• hiding
• ignoring
• neglecting

3

as in seeking

to make a request for

please wait until the lecturer specifically quests comments from the audience before chiming in

Synonyms & Similar Words

• seeking
• requesting
• desiring
• speaking (for)
• calling (for)
• requiring
• asking (for)
• pleading (for)
• suing (for)
• demanding
• urging
• soliciting
• applying (for)
• claiming
• inviting
• wishing (for)
• begging (for)
• invoking
• pressing (for)
• insisting (on)
• bespeaking
• importuning
• clamoring (for)
• petitioning (for)
• exacting
• requisitioning
• enjoining

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of questing

Thibs, as he is called, is a lovable grump and an enjoyable sideline presence who had a knack for wringing great, gritty performances out of his team of questing try-hards. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026

Chicago police are questing a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman. — Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026

But that is no reason to let the questing spirit atrophy. — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside, 29 Dec. 2025

Who else out there is giving us space-whale politics, mystical mycelial networks, and children questing to witness the face of God? — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2025

Wishing you week of hardly working, mostly questing. — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025