Definition for Look for:

• be excited or anxious about

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.
  •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.
  •require
  • calls upon,
  • called upon.
  •search
  • questing,
  • quested,
  • looking over,
  • looked over,
  • searches.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.

Antonyms for Look for:

• v.

  • anticipate
    doubt, be unready, be amazed, be surprised.
  • expect
    know, neglect, overlook, disbelieve, misunderstand, disregard.
  • hunt
    stop, free, halt, leave alone, ignore, let go, liberate, lead.
  • require
    have, dislike, disallow, give, not want, let off, reply, answer, offer.
  • scour
    lose, dirty, rust.
  • scout
    shun, find.
  • search
    cover.
  • shop
    sell.
  • spy
    miss.
  • wait
    go, carry out, advance, leave, hurry, carry on, move, forward, DO, go ahead, forge, rush.

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.