SEEK OUT Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

seek (out)

verb

Definition of seek (out)

as in to look up

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Relevance

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as in to cast about

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Verb

Officials for the nonprofit said that Foreman was a critical part of their team who many looked up to.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
For the best views, give your eyes 20–30 minutes to adapt, and look up after midnight using only the naked eye.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of look up

Verb

Meriwether’s video comes after comments from the show’s cast about a reunion.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 3 Aug. 2026
As digital technology and new forms of distribution rework the economics of the business, however, some media stalwarts have cast about for new forms of revenue.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 June 2026

Definition of cast about

Verb

The smallest rooms, the Cosy Doubles, look onto the inner courtyard; the best turn towards Avenida dos Aliados.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
That sentence does not even look right on paper, let alone warrant a confusing 60-minute production that builds to a drag queen being shot.

— Hannah Brueske, Twin Cities, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of look

Verb

The back-and-forth suggested the two sides were no closer to reaching an agreement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

— Kevin Liptak, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
The price swung between $72 and $102 last month as hopes rose and fell that the United States and Iran could reach an agreement that would allow oil tankers to freely exit the Middle East again to deliver crude worldwide.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of reach

Verb

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
Trillions of neutrinos — mostly those produced in the sun — pass through our bodies every second, yet after years of hunting them with detectors such as SNO+, researchers have captured only a few hundred thousand of their precious flashes.

— James Dinneen, Quanta Magazine, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of hunt

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