Synonyms for hunt
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
Her uncle will go out and hunt for deer, now that it is open season.
- v. 2
To try to find something; search (for).
The police are hunting for evidence.
- n. 1
The act of hunting.
Related words
- Word family
- hunter hunting huntsman
- Phrases
- hunt down snipe hunt snark hunt bunny hunt hunt and peck hunt out in the hunt drag hunt
Choose the right word
A hunt may be either the act of pursuing or the act of seeking, or a combination of the two. Hunt never quite loses its association with field-sports, where it includes both search and chase; the search till the game is hunted out, and the chase till it is hunted down.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- seek Hide and seek / I count to three / Winter has come
- trail Man is as big as the trail he leaves in the world.
- chase Sami tried to chase after Layla and talked to her.
- hound Spring over the ground like a hunting hound.
By length
- 3 letters
- run1
- 4 letters
- look1, seek1
- 5 letters
- trail1, chase1, trace1, chevy2, hound1
- 6 letters
- course1, follow2, search1, pursue2, ferret2
- 7 letters
- pursuit2, rummage2, ransack2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (chevy2 = 2 syllables).