SEARCH (FOR) Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

search (for)

verb

Definition of search (for)

as in to seek

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as in to find out

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Verb

SpaceX is seeking to raise an extra $40 billion in debt to help fund the campaign, but even fans on Wall Street question how SpaceX will raise the massive sums required.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
This legal challenge is not seeking to remove the measure from the ballot.

— Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of seek

Verb

When people can’t easily find out how much water and power a site will use, or who actually benefits, politicians fill the gap with rhetoric.

— Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
Nivola and Britton are tight-lipped, preferring to let viewers find out for themselves.

— Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of find out

Verb

Sources had told me in September that OpenAI and Anthropic have been hunting for smaller AI data center deals.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026
For the intismeran study, scientists hunted gene mutations unique to each patient’s tumor, mutations that create proteins which shouldn’t be in the body unless those cancer cells start to grow again.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hunt

Verb

The silhouette was mostly formfitting and streamlined, with emphasis at the hips and waist and a continuation of the contrasting sheer, black fabric running down the column skirt.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Models literally ran down the catwalk at times during Adidas’ high-octane show with multiple acts.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of run down

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Witkoff and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy embrace, accompanied by Finnish President Alexander Stubb, left, and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, during their meeting in Oslo on Tuesday.

— Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
The deal accompanied an investment that made the Defense Department the company’s largest shareholder.

— Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of accompany

Verb

Chicago has opened voting to name the giant rock that was dug up at O'Hare International Airport during construction.

— Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Their quest becomes more difficult every year, however, as the remains of pre-Columbian trees slough back into the earth or are dug up to make way for agriculture and construction.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of dig up

Verb

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a case about the role race plays in middle school admissions, three years after a majority on the high court struck down affirmative action in college.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Trying to exonerate herself, Erin lays out this confusing defense about how her makeup guy heard about Sai’s divorce at a beauty event.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of hear

Verb

Even the most advanced cancers were correctly detected only 60% – 63% of the time.

— Torie Bosch, STAT, 24 Oct. 2026
For now, the work demonstrates a limited but automated connection between detecting an odor and recreating a corresponding scent elsewhere.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of detect

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