Synonyms of seeking

seeking 1 of 2

noun

as in search

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• neglecting

• hiding
• losing
• ignoring
• neglecting

2

as in requesting

to make a request for

came seeking financial advice

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

3

as in trying

to make an effort to do

seek to find the best solution

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dropping
• quitting
• giving up

• dropping
• quitting
• giving up