hunt | Definition of hunt

hunt

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of hunt

1 to seek out (game) for food or sport

Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter

Synonyms of hunt

Words Related to hunt

capture, drag, net, snare, trap

dog, ferret, hawk, hound

course, pursue, run, run down, spoor, track, trail

gun (for), harpoon, kill, shoot

2 to go in search of

I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer

Synonyms of hunt

cast about (for), cast around (for), chase (down), forage (for), look up, pursue, quest, search (for or out), seek, shop (for)

Words Related to hunt

ferret (out), root (out)

Phrases Synonymous with hunt

Near Antonyms of hunt

ignore, neglect

3 to go into or range over for purposes of discovery

a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles

Synonyms of hunt

explore, probe, prospect, search, skirr

Words Related to hunt

reconnoiter (or reconnoitre), scout

disclose, discover, reveal, unearth

fathom, plumb, sound