Synonyms of raking

raking

verb

present participle of rake

as in searching

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

he raked repeatedly through his luggage, hoping that in one of the bags he would find his lost passport before his flight's departure

Synonyms & Similar Words

• searching
• combing
• scanning
• finding
• surveying
• scouring
• dredging
• exploring
• examining
• trolling
• rummaging
• investigating
• locating
• digging (through)
• inspecting
• hunting (through)
• ransacking
• sorting (through)
• rifling
• reviewing
• discovering
• scrutinizing
• auditing
• detecting
• ascertaining
• determining
• learning
• probing
• getting
• checking (out)
• tracking (down)
• hitting (on or upon)
• studying
• finding out
• frisking
• running down
• snooping
• shaking down
• poking (around)
• perusing
• prospecting
• descrying
• ferreting (out)
• looking over
• patting down
• browsing
• glancing (over)
• skirmishing
• grubbing (about)
• scaring up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• abandoning
• neglecting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of raking

How To Clean Cotton/Jersey Gardening Gloves Cotton makes a good all-purpose glove for raking leaves and tidying your yard. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026

Then comes raking the clippings, bagging them up, and hauling them to the garbage. — Rachel Silva, Martha Stewart, 7 June 2026

This can include flattening the hill, raking or shoveling the mound, or even using a garden hose to flood the area. — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 4 June 2026

Just avoid raking clover seed after planting as this covers the seeds with too much soil and reduces germination rates. — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2026

Its pointed corners fit into crevices for raking out hard-to-reach pet hair from the car’s interior, car mats or any other fabric surface. — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 May 2026

Tourists and scientists want to know On Thursday, three tractors spent more than an hour raking the beach at South Pointe Park in Miami Beach as beachgoers weaved around them, stepping over thick piles of sargassum that turned the shoreline water a murky brown. — Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 May 2026

Domínguez, meanwhile, has been raking at Triple-A since missing the cut for the Yankees’ Opening Day roster. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026

Pau Torres’s raking pass intended for Leon Bailey fell short. — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026