Synonyms for look-up
- verb
- noun
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Get better — to have better prospects
get better, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate rare
2. Search for
search for, search, search up
Other
Noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To have better prospects.
Things started looking up after Jim moved back in with his parents.
- v. 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look, up.
We stayed up late to look up at the stars.
- n. 1
An attempt to retrieve data.
My database lookup failed because I misspelled the word.
Related words
- Other spellings
- look up lookup
Forms
- Plural
- look-ups → resolutions…
Example sentences
- search The villagers went in search of the missing child.
- refer Refer to the instructions to fix the refrigerator.
By length
- 5 letters
- refer2, amend2
- 6 letters
- search1
- 7 letters
- improve2, consult2
- 9 letters
- meliorate
- 10 letters
- resolution4, ameliorate4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (refer2 = 2 syllables).