Synonyms for seek
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WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

2. seekverb

   To try to find, to look for, to search.

   I seek wisdom.

   Synonyms:
   search, look for

3. seekverb

   To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

4. seekverb

   To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

   Synonyms:
   look for, search

5. seekverb

   To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

   Synonyms:
   search, look for

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 3 votes

1. seek

   Synonyms:
   adopt, advocate, assert, cherish, claim, court, defend, favor, haunt, hold, keep, maintain, occupy, prosecute, protect, pursue, retain, support, undertake, uphold, vindicate

   Antonyms:
   abandon, abdicate, abjure, cast off, cease, cede, depart from, desert, discontinue, forego, forsake, forswear, give up, leave, quit, recant, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retire from, retract, surrender, vacate, withdraw from

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.6 / 5 votes

1. seek

   Synonyms:
   search, inquire, pursue, solicit, endeavor, attempt, strive, investigate, trace, prosecute, follow, court, affect

   Antonyms:
   ignore, disregard, avoid, shun, elude, pretermit, discard, abandon, relinquish, drop

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. seekverb

   the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

2. seekverb

   try to get or reach

   "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

3. search, seek, look forverb

   try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

   "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, anticipate, explore, look, research, essay, try, look to, assay, search, look for

4. try, seek, attempt, essay, assayverb

   make an effort or attempt

   "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

   Synonyms:
   attempt, examine, search, stress, adjudicate, strain, essay, look for, assay, try out, try, prove, test, try on, taste, hear, set about, undertake, sample, judge, render

5. seekverb

   go to or towards

   "a liquid seeks its own level"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

6. seekverb

   inquire for

   "seek directions from a local"

   Synonyms:
   try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Move
   • Request
   • Want

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search for, seek for, look for, look after, try to find

2. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   solicit, ask, inquire for, try to get, endeavor to gain

3. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search, make search, look

4. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   try, strive, endeavor, attempt

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. seekverb

   Synonyms:
   search for, hunt, aim at, strive after, attempt

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "seek":

   solicit, find, request, try, search, ask, strive, obtain, seeks, pursue, endeavour, get, seeking, aim, attempt, claim, look, explore, elicit

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How to use seek in a sentence?

1. Sophia Lakin:

   This ruling protects the people of Georgia from those who seek to undermine their right to vote. It's a huge victory, especially with the midterms just days away.

2. Paul Cosford:

   The principles behind this guidance are to ensure that returning workers have a reasonable degree of freedom for normal activities balanced against the need for them to be able to rapidly seek medical help should they develop any symptoms.

3. Attorney General William Barr:

   A crime can not be established here. They did not have a basis for a counterintelligence investigation against Michael FlynnFlynn at that stage, given the current posture of this case, the Court anticipates that individuals and organizations will seek leave of the Court to file amicus curiae brief.

4. Otis Brawley:

   A higher proportion of black men are challenged in terms of health literacy and less likely to seek out prostate cancer specialists.

5. Louis Aragon:

   I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.