Synonyms of seeking

seeking 1 of 2

noun

as in search

Related Words

• search
• trail
• path
• track
• pursuing
• hot pursuit
• chasing
• tracking
• pursuit
• tracing
• trailing
• chase
• tailing
• tagging along
• shadowing
• tagging
• following
• hounding
• dogging

seeking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of seek

1

as in pursuing

to go in search of

Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• losing
• hiding
• ignoring
• neglecting

2

as in requesting

to make a request for

came seeking financial advice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in trying

to make an effort to do

seek to find the best solution

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trying
• attempting
• striving
• endeavoring
• hoping
• essaying
• shooting at
• struggling
• assaying
• working
• having a go at
• aiming
• toiling
• fighting
• trying one's hand (at)
• aspiring
• troubling
• undertaking
• straining
• assuming
• taking up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• giving up
• quitting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of seeking

Noun

The Developmental Psychology findings suggest that higher-quality friendships are associated with less overt victimization and greater comfort-seeking over time. — Ashley Lynch, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2026

Rose, Schleinzer explains, is not some revolutionary seeking to overthrow the society around her. — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026

Paradoxically, status-seeking can also promote equality, when cooperating to gain status diffuses status throughout the community. — Christopher Von Rueden, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2026

Grant Delpit intercepted Aaron Rodgers’ desperate, penalty-seeking heave to seal it, and despite Watson’s two second-half turnovers and some vintage Rodgers throws in a wild comeback, the Browns won again. — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026

Set in the proverbial boomtowns of West Texas, Landman is a modern-day tale of fortune-seeking in the world of oil rigs. — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

As more product research and recommendation-seeking happens inside AI interfaces, brands need to make sure their products can be understood, surfaced and recommended there. — Anastasia Shtompel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026

School eligibility To get a SoFi student loan, you must be enrolled at least half-time in a degree-seeking or graduate certificate-seeking program at an eligible school. — Rebecca Safier, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026

Quiet luxury brand Loro Piana introduced CashDenim in 2022, as consumers emerged from the pandemic seeking indulgent yet comfortable wardrobe updates. — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026

Verb

The citizens of Chicago should demand that any person seeking the privilege to govern our city should demonstrate both the respect for the opinions of its residents, as well as a vision for reinvigorated methods of governing our city. — Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Analysts say Bass represents the establishment, while Raman comes from a younger generation of Democrats seeking change. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

Shah would have a substantive publication behind him when seeking jobs. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

Throughout the early 1960s, under the direction of Noyes, IBM was busily visualizing the coming information age, seeking to give computers a cultural form that would be legible to the public. — Alec Mapes-Frances, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026

Vucic was seeking to become Serbia's prime minister after serving two near-full terms as president. — Jovana Gec, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Attorneys for the Alexanders are seeking the lowest possible sentence of 15 years and deny the men ever drugged or raped any women. — Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026

Today, both personally and at work, people are seeking more opportunities to come together, not fewer. — Davis Noell, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026

The prime minister is seeking to extend his tenure as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 25 Oct. 2026