What is another word for look for?
481 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ lˈʊk fɔː], [ lˈʊk fɔː], [ l_ˈʊ_k f_ɔː]
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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)
Synonyms for Look for:
n.
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- 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.
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- go through.
v.
• angle for (verb)- plan,
- conspire,
- hint,
- scheme,
- seek,
- contrive,
- solicit,
- strive,
- invite,
- plot,
- fish for,
- maneuver,
- connive.
- foretell,
- entertain,
- conjecture,
- prophesy,
- forecast,
- see,
- bargain for,
- jump the gun,
- foresee,
- suppose,
- count on,
- assume,
- visualize,
- prognosticate.
- attend,
- sweat,
- hang around,
- stay.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- dowse,
- look around,
- hunt down,
- scavenge,
- look out for,
- delve,
- poke around,
- hunger,
- dig around,
- depend.
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- scrabble,
- grub,
- look through,
- hunt out,
- trawl.
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- grope,
- tear apart,
- shake down,
- divine,
- mean,
- dredge.
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- bargain.
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- go over.
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- feel.
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- root.
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- sweep.
- 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.
- 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.
Hyponym for Look for:
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