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 organization offers a temporary shelter, as well as services for job seeking and helping people set up bank accounts. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2026

Daemon, with his Valyrian steel warhelm and taste for annihilation, is who Rhaenyra needs riding shotgun now that Team Green has established a crown-seeking triumvirate of sons. — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

The backlash is usually predictable, every wave of visible mobility aid use brings accusations of exaggeration and attention-seeking, aimed almost entirely at young women. — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

The ensemble eking out hope in the Terrordome includes Angela McBride (Suzette Llewellyn), a mother of two who goes on a violent rampage of justice-seeking after a gut-wrenching loss. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026

Common reasons your dog is barking Oftentimes, boredom or attention-seeking is at the root of barking. — Madeline Gunderson, USA Today, 28 July 2026

That there was grasping profit-seeking by private-sector grocery stores. — David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 July 2026

This discrepancy between wish fulfilment and truth-seeking is simple enough to grasp when there’s a binary question, such as whether Odysseus is alive or dead. — Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

People treated with testosterone may show a preference toward status seeking, which could be beneficial in a hierarchical military context. — Elizabeth Dray, STAT, 21 July 2026

Verb

Whether defendant Tyler Robinson acted out of political animus could be key for prosecutors seeking the death penalty — or for his attorneys in taking that punishment off the table. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

The Associated Press emailed Twiggs' attorney seeking comment. — CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

As travel costs rise, vacationers are splitting trips into two contrasting parts, seeking emotional balance while making one expensive journey feel more worthwhile. — Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

In 2023, Mexican authorities made a their own formal request to the Dutch seeking the repatriation of the skull, which Dutch officials confirmed in December of 2024. — News Desk, Artforum, 18 Aug. 2026

The Olathe Police Department is seeking public assistance in locating a missing man who was last seen walking along 123rd Street Monday. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 11 Aug. 2026

Bonta led a group of State Attorneys General in the antitrust suit seeking to block the deal. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026

Nick Goddard, a senior vice president with Colliers, a commercial real estate firm, has been seeking retail and restaurant tenants for the ground floor spaces of the two-tower residential hub. — George Avalos, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026