Definition for Prosecute:

• To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law.

Synonyms for Prosecute:

• n.

  •
  • execute,
  • continue,
  • put through.
  •
  • contest.
  •
  • get on,
  • law,
  • go on,
  • keep on,
  • carry on,
  • persist.
  •
  • perform,
  • DO.
  •prosecute (noun)
  • engage,
  • pursue.

• v.

  •bring action against in court (verb)
  • litigate,
  • summon,
  • contest,
  • DO,
  • prefer charges,
  • bring suit,
  • seek redress,
  • law,
  • involve in litigation,
  • put away,
  • put on docket,
  • bring to trial,
  • put on trial,
  • indict,
  • turn on the heat,
  • sue,
  • see in court,
  • haul into court,
  • arraign,
  • take to court,
  • try.
  •condemn (verb)
  • denounce.
  •follow through, persevere (verb)
  • direct,
  • manage,
  • conduct,
  • carry on,
  • continue,
  • persist,
  • execute,
  • pursue,
  • practice,
  • perform,
  • engage in,
  • put through,
  • wage,
  • carry through,
  • work at,
  • see through.
  •sue (verb)
  • charge,
  • cite,
  • indict,
  • impeach,
  • complain,
  • accuse,
  • arraign,
  • allege,
  • sue,
  • implicate,
  • litigate,
  • subpoena,
  • summons.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • indictment,
  • have up.
  •
  • haul.
  •
  • plead.
  •
  • perform.
  •
  • execute.
  •
  • law.
  •
  • DO.
  •carry on
  • wage.
  •pursue
  • work at,
  • keep on,
  • see through.
  •sue
  • take out after,
  • have the law on,
  • claim damages,
  • see in court,
  • haul into court,
  • have up,
  • take to court.
  •Other relevant words:
  • honor,
  • press on,
  • achieve,
  • put into effect,
  • hunt,
  • fill out,
  • deed,
  • rule,
  • seek,
  • inquiry,
  • look into,
  • carry on,
  • law,
  • summon,
  • agitate,
  • take to court,
  • honour,
  • challenge,
  • canvass,
  • pleasingly,
  • look at,
  • ailment,
  • occupy,
  • condemnation,
  • experiment,
  • quest,
  • crack down,
  • execute,
  • activity,
  • inflict,
  • operate,
  • prowl after,
  • search,
  • use,
  • try,
  • campaign,
  • fascinatingly,
  • act,
  • perform,
  • engross,
  • keep on,
  • denunciation,
  • arrest,
  • follow,
  • make,
  • engage,
  • buttress,
  • attach,
  • betroth,
  • insist on,
  • reinforce,
  • enforce,
  • movement,
  • retain,
  • fulfil,
  • see in court,
  • undertake,
  • put through,
  • bolster,
  • outrage,
  • continue,
  • play,
  • augment,
  • harass,
  • haul,
  • show up,
  • attractively,
  • tackle,
  • carry out,
  • hire,
  • haunt,
  • go on,
  • plight,
  • involve in litigation,
  • complete,
  • take the law on,
  • DO,
  • go to law,
  • direct,
  • blow upon,
  • impose,
  • employ,
  • make after,
  • indictment,
  • put on docket,
  • perpetrate,
  • action,
  • examination,
  • attend,
  • see through,
  • investigate,
  • observe,
  • intention,
  • act on,
  • enact,
  • winsomely,
  • lock,
  • carry through,
  • drag into court,
  • begin,
  • lease,
  • Queries,
  • require,
  • pursue,
  • shadow,
  • manage,
  • exercise,
  • practises,
  • contest,
  • prefer charges,
  • transact,
  • rent,
  • absorb,
  • trace,
  • motion,
  • consolidate,
  • inform against,
  • mesh,
  • effectuate,
  • go ahead,
  • persecution,
  • promulgate,
  • discuss,
  • ensure,
  • achievement,
  • persecute,
  • plead,
  • chivy,
  • support,
  • drive,
  • put away,
  • go after,
  • drive on,
  • specialize in,
  • crusade,
  • haul into court,
  • enquiry,
  • come after,
  • chase,
  • take,
  • molest,
  • charter,
  • implement,
  • fulfill,
  • enlist,
  • court,
  • affiance,
  • in progress,
  • clamp down,
  • follow up on,
  • effect,
  • conduct,
  • bring to trial,
  • apply,
  • denounce,
  • pursuit,
  • Engager,
  • take out after,
  • turn on the heat,
  • interestingly,
  • work at,
  • lodge a complaint,
  • Appeach,
  • have up,
  • incriminate,
  • bring into court,
  • fight,
  • accusation,
  • seek out,
  • prosecutor,
  • endeavor,
  • have the law on,
  • adhere to,
  • engaging,
  • inform on,
  • bring to bear,
  • have,
  • administer,
  • distrain,
  • keep,
  • decree,
  • file suit,
  • set about,
  • give chase,
  • engage in,
  • engagingly,
  • complaint,
  • Implead,
  • put on trial,
  • take to,
  • dog,
  • apprehend,
  • fish for,
  • hound,
  • velocity,
  • bring to justice,
  • work,
  • stress,
  • get caught,
  • get on,
  • put in force,
  • seek redress,
  • abide by,
  • Preexamine,
  • quest after,
  • claim damages,
  • put into practice,
  • render,
  • commit,
  • practise,
  • bring suit,
  • insist upon,
  • proceed,
  • enroll,
  • restrain,
  • enter,
  • proceed with,
  • press charges,
  • be after,
  • haste,
  • persist,
  • lookup,
  • accomplishment,
  • obey,
  • go in for,
  • wage,
  • practice,
  • make out,
  • take on,
  • quest for,
  • go on with.

Antonyms for Prosecute:

• v.

  • bring action against in court
    cease, liberate, pardon, stop, halt, exonerate, free.
  • follow through, persevere
    ignore, fail, neglect, leave, mismanage.
  • social
    defend.
  • Other antonyms:
    set free, discharge, represent, acquit, pardon, skimp, exonerate, release, forgive, fail, slur, slight, overlook, excuse, condone.

Hyponym for Prosecute:

• v.

  • social
    act, move.