Synonyms for Looking for:

• adj.

  •expectant (adjective)
  • hopeful,
  • Expecting,
  • anxious,
  • Awaiting,
  • Hoping,
  • ready,
  • alert,
  • waiting,
  • eager,
  • breathless,
  • on edge,
  • watchful,
  • apprehensive,
  • anticipative,
  • waiting on,
  • prepared.
  •vigilant (adjective)
  • cautious,
  • observant,
  • on the qui vive,
  • on guard,
  • open-eyed,
  • sharp,
  • wakeful,
  • circumspect,
  • aware,
  • on lookout,
  • wideawake,
  • unsleeping,
  • openeyed,
  • on alert,
  • on the lookout,
  • attentive,
  • with eyes peeled,
  • guarded,
  • acute,
  • with weather eye open,
  • on toes,
  • wary,
  • on the job,
  • sleepless,
  • keen,
  • on the ball,
  • wide-awake,
  • looking to.

• n.

  •act (noun)
  • looking for,
  • looking.

• v.

  •angle for (verb)
  • plot,
  • contrive,
  • look for,
  • invite,
  • maneuver,
  • connive,
  • strive,
  • aim for,
  • plan,
  • cast about for,
  • fish for,
  • seek,
  • be after,
  • scheme,
  • try for,
  • hint,
  • conspire,
  • solicit.
  •anticipate (verb)
  • figure,
  • await,
  • foretaste,
  • foresee,
  • look forward to,
  • forecast,
  • wait for,
  • prevision,
  • foretell,
  • conjecture,
  • divine,
  • jump the gun,
  • prepare for,
  • assume,
  • entertain,
  • see,
  • be afraid,
  • hope for,
  • visualize,
  • bargain for,
  • cross the bridge,
  • plan on,
  • see coming,
  • promise oneself,
  • count on,
  • count chickens,
  • prognosticate,
  • wait,
  • have a hunch,
  • see in the cards,
  • prophesy,
  • suppose.
  •await (verb)
  • sweat,
  • hang out,
  • be prepared for,
  • cool one's heels,
  • hope,
  • be ready for,
  • anticipate,
  • hang around,
  • hang in,
  • sweat it out,
  • stay,
  • attend.
  •bargain for (verb)
  • contemplate,
  • reckon on,
  • imagine.
  •expect (verb)
  • demand,
  • foreknow,
  • look,
  • gather,
  • predict,
  • presume,
  • require,
  • envisage,
  • call for,
  • in the cards,
  • rely upon,
  • reckon,
  • look ahead to,
  • trust,
  • suspect,
  • calculate,
  • bargain on,
  • exact,
  • apprehend,
  • watch for,
  • insist on,
  • sense,
  • understand,
  • presuppose,
  • feel,
  • take,
  • surmise,
  • think.
  •hunt (verb)
  • follow,
  • course,
  • hawk,
  • gun,
  • snare,
  • grouse,
  • shoot,
  • poach,
  • heel,
  • dog,
  • drive,
  • bird-dog,
  • hound,
  • capture,
  • fish,
  • ride,
  • start,
  • gun for,
  • scent,
  • shadow,
  • trail,
  • stalk,
  • beat the bushes,
  • kill,
  • drag,
  • track,
  • press,
  • scratch,
  • give chase,
  • scratch around,
  • pursue,
  • run.
  •require (verb)
  • obligate,
  • involve,
  • beseech,
  • claim,
  • insist upon,
  • command,
  • compel,
  • call upon,
  • constrain,
  • entail,
  • instruct,
  • enjoin,
  • requisition,
  • direct,
  • push for,
  • crave,
  • beg,
  • postulate,
  • assert oneself,
  • cause,
  • bid,
  • challenge,
  • oblige,
  • expect,
  • request,
  • order.
  •scour (verb)
  • ransack,
  • find,
  • inquire,
  • grub,
  • leave no stone unturned,
  • comb,
  • turn inside out,
  • look up and down,
  • rake,
  • look high and low,
  • go over with a fine-tooth comb,
  • rummage,
  • beat,
  • rout,
  • turn upside down,
  • forage,
  • ferret out,
  • track down.
  •scout (verb)
  • spy,
  • ferret,
  • probe,
  • observe,
  • reconnoiter,
  • examine,
  • rustle up,
  • have a look-see,
  • spot,
  • run reconnaissance,
  • set eyes on,
  • watch,
  • case,
  • survey,
  • stake out,
  • inspect,
  • explore,
  • take in.
  •search (verb)
  • sift,
  • scrutinize,
  • chase after,
  • grope,
  • smell around,
  • investigate,
  • poke into,
  • rifle through,
  • prospect,
  • scan,
  • scout,
  • root,
  • go in quest of,
  • quest,
  • look over,
  • pry,
  • cast about,
  • shake down,
  • beat about,
  • frisk,
  • check,
  • go through,
  • study,
  • scour,
  • hunt for,
  • run down.
  •searching (verb)
  • peeking,
  • sifting,
  • Rummaging,
  • prying,
  • scouring,
  • searching,
  • Peering,
  • winnowing,
  • seeking,
  • combing,
  • rifling,
  • probing,
  • foraging.
  •shop (verb)
  • buy,
  • market,
  • try to buy,
  • purchase,
  • go shopping.
  •spy (verb)
  • glimpse,
  • meddle,
  • sleuth,
  • catch sight of,
  • stag,
  • snoop,
  • view,
  • RECON,
  • take note,
  • notice,
  • tail,
  • eyeball,
  • get a load of,
  • peep,
  • keep under surveillance,
  • fish out,
  • discover.
  •wait (verb)
  • dally,
  • sit up for,
  • hold back,
  • linger,
  • sit tight,
  • stand by,
  • bide,
  • hang onto your hat,
  • keep shirt on,
  • stay up for,
  • hole up,
  • stick around,
  • delay,
  • mark time,
  • put on hold,
  • sweat it,
  • lie low,
  • abide,
  • save it,
  • remain,
  • hang,
  • cool it,
  • lie in wait,
  • tarry,
  • stall,
  • hold on,
  • hold everything,
  • bide one's time,
  • hold the phone,
  • fill time.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • after,
  • Anticipating,
  • certain,
  • pursuance,
  • nosy,
  • sure,
  • agape,
  • forestalling,
  • fishing,
  • poking,
  • Forewarned,
  • looking forward to,
  • in search of,
  • anticipatory,
  • unsurprised,
  • pursuit,
  • not surprised,
  • confident,
  • looking after,
  • optimistic,
  • watching for,
  • agog,
  • gaping,
  • sanguine,
  • forearmed.

Antonyms for Looking for:

• adj.

  • vigilant
    heedless, uncareful, inattentive, unaware, indiscreet, indifferent, incautious, rash, thoughtless, unobservant, impulsive, careless, negligent, ignorant.

• v.

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

Hyponym for Looking for:

• n.

  • act
    hunt, search, hunting.