481 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ lˈʊk fɔː], [ lˈʊk fɔː], [ l_ˈʊ_k f_ɔː]

Similar words for look for:

• angle for (verb)
• anticipate (verb)
• await (verb)
• bargain for (verb)
• contact (verb)
• emotion (verb)
• expect (verb)
• hunt (verb)
• other relevant words (verb)
• require (verb)
• scout (verb)
• search (verb)
• shop (verb)
• spy (verb)
• wait (verb)
• other synonyms
• expect
• other relevant words
• require
• search
• other relevant words (noun)

Homophones for look for

Hypernyms for look for

Hyponyms for look for

Synonyms for Look for:

• n.

  •
  • lust after,
  • long,
  • have your heart set on (doing) something,
  • wish,
  • want.
  •
  • be asking for something,
  • tempt fate/providence,
  • store up,
  • asking for trouble,
  • shoot yourself in the foot,
  • overplay your hand,
  • do something once too often,
  • court,
  • be your own worst enemy.
  •
  • go through.

• v.

  • angle for (verb)
  • plan,
  • conspire,
  • hint,
  • scheme,
  • seek,
  • contrive,
  • solicit,
  • strive,
  • invite,
  • plot,
  • fish for,
  • maneuver,
  • connive.
  • anticipate (verb)
  • foretell,
  • entertain,
  • conjecture,
  • prophesy,
  • forecast,
  • see,
  • bargain for,
  • jump the gun,
  • foresee,
  • suppose,
  • count on,
  • assume,
  • visualize,
  • prognosticate.
  • await (verb)
  • attend,
  • sweat,
  • hang around,
  • stay.
  • bargain for (verb)
  • imagine,
  • contemplate.
  • contact (verb)
  • search,
  • look for.
  • emotion (verb)
  • look to.
  • expect (verb)
  • sense,
  • apprehend,
  • demand,
  • envisage,
  • look ahead to,
  • suspect,
  • take,
  • presuppose,
  • trust,
  • reckon,
  • surmise,
  • watch for,
  • predict,
  • calculate,
  • rely upon,
  • call for,
  • presume,
  • understand,
  • exact,
  • insist on,
  • think,
  • foreknow,
  • in the cards,
  • bargain on.
  • hunt (verb)
  • ride,
  • hawk,
  • grouse,
  • scratch,
  • course,
  • run,
  • hound,
  • capture,
  • press,
  • drive,
  • bird-dog,
  • follow,
  • gun,
  • beat the bushes,
  • shadow,
  • trail,
  • pursue,
  • track,
  • poach,
  • kill,
  • shoot,
  • dog,
  • stalk,
  • snare,
  • start,
  • heel,
  • scent.
  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • await,
  • activity.
  • require (verb)
  • enjoin,
  • assert oneself,
  • bid,
  • cause,
  • insist upon,
  • instruct,
  • involve,
  • constrain,
  • oblige,
  • direct,
  • entail,
  • requisition,
  • command,
  • beg,
  • push for,
  • beseech,
  • compel,
  • order,
  • challenge,
  • postulate,
  • obligate,
  • claim,
  • call upon,
  • request.
  • scout (verb)
  • take in,
  • case,
  • inspect,
  • reconnoiter,
  • observe,
  • spot,
  • survey,
  • probe.
  • search (verb)
  • frisk,
  • scan,
  • smell around,
  • study,
  • rummage,
  • sift,
  • chase after,
  • peek,
  • comb,
  • forage,
  • run down,
  • look over,
  • pry,
  • rifle through,
  • scrutinize,
  • rifle,
  • winnow,
  • go in quest of,
  • poke into,
  • check,
  • peer.
  • shop (verb)
  • market.
  • spy (verb)
  • peep,
  • meddle,
  • glimpse,
  • notice,
  • view,
  • tail,
  • snoop,
  • discover,
  • sleuth.
  • wait (verb)
  • hold back,
  • dally,
  • abide,
  • remain,
  • linger,
  • bide,
  • sit tight,
  • hang,
  • mark time,
  • tarry,
  • delay,
  • stall.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • comb through,
  • hope,
  • fancy,
  • pine for,
  • clamor,
  • live for,
  • will,
  • aspire,
  • Fossick,
  • crave,
  • wish for,
  • desire,
  • hanker,
  • troll for,
  • scout out,
  • stick out for,
  • do with,
  • spy out,
  • yearn,
  • thirst for,
  • scratch around for,
  • covet,
  • shuffle through,
  • search out,
  • sort through,
  • seek out,
  • pick through.
  •
  • dowse,
  • look around,
  • hunt down,
  • scavenge,
  • look out for,
  • delve,
  • poke around,
  • hunger,
  • dig around,
  • depend.
  •
  • scrabble,
  • grub,
  • look through,
  • hunt out,
  • trawl.
  •
  • grope,
  • tear apart,
  • shake down,
  • divine,
  • mean,
  • dredge.
  •
  • burn,
  • ache,
  • turn to,
  • fish,
  • dig into.
  •
  • bargain.
  •
  • go over.
  •
  • feel.
  •
  • gather,
  • drag.
  •
  • root.
  •
  • sweep.
  • expect
  • watching for,
  • Foreknew,
  • Foreknown,
  • foreknows,
  • Foreknowing,
  • predicts,
  • watched for,
  • Predicting.
  • Other relevant words:
  • gun for,
  • aim for,
  • gunned,
  • stand by,
  • run reconnaissance,
  • figure,
  • foretastes,
  • try for,
  • stood by,
  • cool one's heels,
  • plan on,
  • foretasting,
  • hoped for,
  • foretaste,
  • staking out,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • previsions,
  • fishing out,
  • turn upside down,
  • sit for,
  • cross the bridge,
  • sleuthing,
  • stag,
  • shop,
  • hold the phone,
  • Schemed,
  • Hawked,
  • be prepared for,
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • eyeball,
  • eyeballing,
  • Gunning,
  • look down,
  • Maneuvered,
  • Ferrets,
  • reckon on,
  • stake out,
  • stags,
  • eyeballs,
  • fish out,
  • prepare for,
  • Hoped,
  • Ferreting,
  • sweating out,
  • lay wait,
  • lie low,
  • waited for,
  • stay up for,
  • hope for,
  • hang out,
  • keep under surveillance,
  • scratch around,
  • lay low,
  • cool it,
  • hold on,
  • look forward to,
  • caught sight of,
  • angle,
  • save it,
  • sit up for,
  • looking for,
  • marks time,
  • hold everything,
  • lay in wait,
  • bird dog,
  • hang in,
  • rustle up,
  • hole up,
  • spy,
  • have a look-see,
  • cooled ones heels,
  • set eyes on,
  • see in the cards,
  • prevision,
  • be afraid,
  • turning inside out,
  • standing by,
  • sweat out,
  • lie in wait,
  • looks for,
  • keep shirt on,
  • grousing,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • ferret,
  • go shopping,
  • sweat it,
  • see coming,
  • plans on,
  • bide one's time,
  • anticipate,
  • require,
  • have hunch,
  • Glimpsed,
  • look,
  • catch sight of,
  • holds on,
  • has a hunch,
  • have a looksee,
  • looking forward to,
  • promise oneself,
  • hanging in,
  • supposes,
  • groused,
  • looked for,
  • turned inside out,
  • lying in wait,
  • look up and down,
  • turn inside out,
  • shopping,
  • put on hold,
  • invited,
  • lying low,
  • be after,
  • looking down,
  • RECON,
  • scout,
  • stick around,
  • scour,
  • foretasted,
  • bide time,
  • is afraid,
  • cast about for,
  • sweat it out,
  • stay for,
  • sleuthed,
  • have a hunch,
  • waiting for,
  • turned upside down,
  • RECONS,
  • count chickens,
  • cool heels,
  • fill time,
  • get a load of,
  • try to buy,
  • putting on hold,
  • look high and low,
  • give chase,
  • wait,
  • angle for,
  • cast for,
  • be ready for,
  • Ferreted,
  • take note,
  • expect,
  • prepared for,
  • hunt,
  • wait for,
  • hawking,
  • catches sight of.
  • require
  • calls upon,
  • called upon.
  • search
  • questing,
  • quested,
  • looking over,
  • looked over,
  • searches.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • guard,
  • check out,
  • canvass,
  • hunt up,
  • prospect,
  • project,
  • investigate,
  • calculate on,
  • pry into,
  • be bent on,
  • draw on,
  • buy,
  • search for,
  • be watchful,
  • near,
  • be careful of,
  • face,
  • ransack,
  • woo,
  • examine,
  • threaten,
  • take notice of,
  • quest,
  • beat about for,
  • be to be,
  • pop the question,
  • quest after,
  • dig for,
  • forestall,
  • sue,
  • be keen,
  • be vigilant,
  • be fated,
  • explore,
  • be eager,
  • purchase,
  • keep eyes open,
  • address,
  • research,
  • try to find,
  • prowl after,
  • spoil,
  • bid for,
  • note,
  • watch out for,
  • reckon upon,
  • buck for,
  • lie ahead,
  • beat about,
  • cast,
  • need,
  • itch,
  • still hunt,
  • envision,
  • shop for,
  • look up,
  • delve for,
  • be spoiling for,
  • approach,
  • draw near,
  • loom,
  • ask for,
  • be desirous of,
  • watch,
  • cast about,
  • see to,
  • hunt through,
  • sue for,
  • come,
  • come on,
  • depend on,
  • be to come,
  • be imminent,
  • count upon,
  • hunt for,
  • depend upon,
  • be destined,
  • figure on.

Homophones for Look for:

• lekvar, Lassa Fever, laissez-faire, lease giver, laissez faire, lake superior, look-over, lucifer, lawgiver, lisper, lockkeeper.

Hypernym for Look for:

• v.

  • contact
    pursue, grub, gather, hunt, leave no stone unturned, angle, quest for, fumble, quest after, go after, divine, shop, drag, scour, dredge, want, surf, finger, fish, feel, grope, browse, seek out.
  • emotion
    quail at, apprehend.

Hyponym for Look for:

• v.

  • emotion
    await, wait, expect, look.