Definition for Sought:

• Pa. t. and pa. p. of SEEK.

Synonyms for Sought:

• adj.

  •popular (adjective)
  • thingest,
  • most run-after,
  • more soughtafter,
  • most crowdpleasing,
  • most selling,
  • Promoted,
  • most wellliked,
  • be-loved,
  • more well liked,
  • more well-liked,
  • run-after,
  • most promoted,
  • most well received,
  • more sought-after,
  • most sought after,
  • wellreceived,
  • more crowdpleasing,
  • run after,
  • wellliked,
  • more run after,
  • most soughtafter,
  • soughtafter,
  • in mainstream,
  • more wellliked,
  • more well received,
  • most well-liked,
  • well received,
  • most well liked,
  • most sought-after,
  • more well-received,
  • crowdpleasing,
  • more selling,
  • most crowd-pleasing,
  • nowest,
  • more run-after,
  • more crowd-pleasing,
  • pre vailing,
  • nower,
  • thinger,
  • runafter,
  • more crowd pleasing,
  • most wellreceived,
  • ragest,
  • more sought after,
  • more runafter,
  • most well-received,
  • more preferred,
  • more wellreceived,
  • crowd pleasing,
  • most run after,
  • most runafter,
  • well liked,
  • be loved,
  • more faddish,
  • most crowd pleasing,
  • most faddish,
  • most beloved,
  • more promoted.
  •ppl (adjective)
  • sought.

• v.

  •petitioned (verb)
  • Claimed,
  • Hoped,
  • Competed,
  • applied.
  •pursued (verb)
  • hunted,
  • sleuthed,
  • pursued,
  • Undertook,
  • Followed,
  • Aspired,
  • quested,
  • tracked,
  • Strove,
  • Aimed,
  • Undertaken,
  • Striven,
  • dogged,
  • intended,
  • harried,
  • stalked,
  • Trailed,
  • Endeavored,
  • Searched,
  • chased,
  • tailed.
  •questioned (verb)
  • Investigated,
  • Contemplated,
  • Canvassed,
  • disputed,
  • Quizzed,
  • Examined,
  • Delved,
  • interrogated,
  • Surveyed,
  • Challenged,
  • Polled,
  • Asked,
  • Interpolated,
  • catechized,
  • Explored,
  • Debated,
  • Cross-examined.
  •requested (verb)
  • solicited,
  • Pleaded,
  • bid,
  • Wished,
  • Probed,
  • invited,
  • wanted,
  • Questioned,
  • Petitioned,
  • Queried,
  • Summoned,
  • Urged,
  • Demanded,
  • Bidden,
  • requisitioned,
  • desired,
  • Inquired,
  • Appealed.
  •searched (verb)
  • Foraged,
  • Rummaged,
  • Peered,
  • scoured,
  • Winnowed,
  • rifled,
  • combed,
  • peeked,
  • Pried,
  • Sifted.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Paged.
  •Other relevant words:
  • questing,
  • common,
  • required,
  • require,
  • seeking,
  • searched for,
  • quest,
  • needed,
  • unmixed,
  • sheer,
  • customary,
  • current,
  • seeks,
  • seek,
  • quests,
  • literal,
  • picked up,
  • unvarnished,
  • look for,
  • tried to find,
  • homely,
  • applied for,
  • general,
  • coveted,
  • democratic,
  • search,
  • marketable,
  • apparent,
  • manifest,
  • evident,
  • plain,
  • unornamented,
  • unpatterned,
  • request,
  • unembellished,
  • fashionable.

Paraphrases for Sought:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, past tense
    Strived, Strove, Aspired.
  • Verb, past participle
    Striven, Strived.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    discuss, discusses, mulls, requested, looks, seeking, wanted.
  • Noun, plural
    wanted.
  • Verb, past tense
    saw, Searched, purpose, attempted, proposed, Investigated, endeavour, endeavoured, liked, secure, secured, Existed, set, use, used, Urged, tried, necessary, explore, Explored, suggested, agreement, represented, encouraged, discovered, requisitioned, obtain, Obtaining, Issued, Postulated, Refused, Petitioned, locate, access, accessed, objective, scrambled, Struggled, selected, Chose, sent, Wished, collaborated, Discriminated, presented, pressed, acquired, collected, Encompassed, Prosecuted, Invoked, advised, applicable, described, asserted, Insisted, aim, Aimed, Everything, checked, Necessitated, concentrated, constituted, conclusions, chased, assumed, tested, found, ensured, ascertained, Contemplated, guaranteed, arranged, striking, spoke, invite, invited, invites, summarized, endorsed, Endeavored, Embarked, Earmarked, Sued, registered, elicited, increased, Retrieved, Indicated, Assessed, Envisaged, Submitted, Undertook, anticipated, considered, identified, identifying, associates, Enumerated, Contended, Pushed, employed, Enjoyed, Persisted, commissioned, expressed, come, Came, continued, Contributed, Recruited, Resulted, Responded, Consulted, alleged, Introduced, utilize, utilized, Argued, Managed, Stipulated, Hoped, hopes, Caught, Promoted, appeal, Appealed, appeals, Examined, pledged, allocated, Was, Were, agreed, Convened, Waited, Tasked, Alluded, Followed, recommended, Tasted, expanded, Broadened, Reiterated, entrusted, moved, produced, briefed, mandated, insured, Captured, conducted, raised, Questioned, maintained, Deposited, Invoiced, Pleaded, Wrote, Worked, resigned, Garnered, appointed, welcomed, assured, contacted, Took, employee, Inquired, elected, left, Appeared, hired, involved, Defended, Towards, Approached, Believed, Relied, Reached, included, claims, Listened, graduated, focused, focussed, Offered, taxation, Visited, Challenged, enquired, extended, Pertained, Wanna, completed, decided, pretended, pointed, Tended, committed, stated, applied, Queried, Volunteered, designed, treat, treated, Wondered, Fought, develop, gain, Gained, Prayed, opted, Operated, goal, spent, Scored, Became, Brought, Helped, forced, Widened, contained, Lobbied, Tempted, Answered, end, Died, hosted, Cautioned, Consisted, Cited, oriented, Debated, Mentioned, beg, defined, earned, charged, implied, Favoured, advanced, phoned, Upheld, awaited, functioned, faced, handled, Gave, deducted, tabled, Trafficked, Trafficking, Wore, retained, Commenced, featured, treaty, Told, HIT, Viewed, tent, contracted, Had, Lacked, held, monitored, attached, dig, Awarded, decreed, centred, felt, placed, Warned, planned, led, Talked, Watched, Complied, Levied, fancy, Began, tied, paid, Incurred, called, calling, locked, Looked, related, heard, touched, touches, Heeded, won, Spanned, Carried, Dealt, billed, Cried, Amounted, drew, thought, fell, Acted, Accounted, made, making, Parties, Meant, turned, go, put, Went, town, Ran, 'd, date, 'il, Did, Doing, wanted.
  • Verb, past participle
    Efforts, see, seen, Searched, attempt, attempted, pursued, proposed, Investigated, endeavour, endeavoured, liked, secured, set, used, seized, characterised, Urged, tried, Explored, available, suggested, recourse, encouraged, discovered, observations, Issued, measured, located, Postulated, Exercised, Petitioned, chosen, accessed, objective, Struggled, criminalized, imposed, sent, processed, Wished, envisioned, Progressed, gathered, composed, Discriminated, Advocated, presented, pressed, acquired, Devised, collected, emphasized, incorporated, wantedto, Prosecuted, Invoked, Extradited, interested, advised, browse, accumulated, described, appropriated, asserted, Insisted, Aimed, checked, interrogated, Necessitated, Procured, concentrated, conclusions, chased, Administered, researched, Compromised, resolved, assumed, tested, organised, victimized, struck, established, Instituted, evaluated, Arrived, spoken, found, stressed, ensured, ascertained, Contemplated, arranged, practised, invited, endorsed, overstretched, resort, Resorted, Endeavored, supposed, Embarked, Earmarked, estimated, response, implemented, Sued, distributed, authorized, Comprised, elicited, increased, IOOKED, Undertaken, Retrieved, Indicated, assembled, authorised, understood, reported, Assessed, Envisaged, Submitted, Ourselves, anticipated, organized, Forwarded, considered, mobilised, identified, Mobilized, Disappeared, appreciated, Enumerated, Experimented, calledfor, Contended, posed, Pushed, disclosed, analysed, employed, Enjoyed, released, Enjoined, commissioned, expressed, come, Generated, continued, reclaimed, Contributed, destined, Recruited, surrendered, hope, accepted, Consulted, alleged, Introduced, utilized, Argued, interpreted, Managed, accomplished, accused, conceived, vested, Inspected, Hoped, Been, Caught, Communicated, Promoted, Appealed, cooperation, entitled, fastened, Canvassed, Examined, fostered, pledged, Tackled, allocated, calculated, agreed, Transferred, Convened, Waited, Tasked, attained, Followed, recovered, recommended, interviewed, forecast, harassed, sustained, expanded, Broadened, approved, entrusted, moved, Exerted, Created, imagined, produced, loved, briefed, campaigned, risen, mandated, financed, Captured, conducted, raised, specified, Questioned, implicated, elaborated, maintained, welcome, Deposited, Worked, Compiled, foreseen, Orderable, taken, valued, traced, governed, experienced, assigned, appointed, welcomed, educated, assured, contacted, previous, Surveyed, realized, triggered, formulated, leveraged, Summoned, Encountered, Attracted, left, dedicated, Overtaken, hired, involved, bothered, Deployed, Approached, Believed, prepared, Relied, certified, Performed, determined, coupled, Reached, included, focused, focussed, Subjected, furnished, Offered, detected, obligated, Visited, Challenged, enquired, reference, outlined, extended, scheduled, completed, decided, Marshalled, Entered, obliged, Tended, committed, stated, applied, informed, Queried, designed, predicted, treated, developed, Avoided, transmitted, Assayed, Prompted, Wondered, trusted, warranted, clarified, Fought, permitted, Gained, Prayed, proceed, devoted, Operated, spent, overcome, Scored, Brought, Helped, retired, forced, Lodged, Widened, Supplied, contained, action, inclined, Tempted, voiced, Begged, noted, Remedied, Died, guided, Cited, oriented, Debated, Mentioned, Delivered, defined, earned, charged, given, Favoured, advanced, adopted, Quoted, Upheld, Rendered, faced, comments, handled, deducted, projected, repeated, Picked, tabled, Shown, punished, Trafficked, Trafficking, retained, effected, Deemed, Prized, Availed, Regarded, budgeted, wired, treaty, hunted, have, Told, Worded, connected, kept, Indicted, known, Viewed, reviewed, contracted, filmed, Had, held, Allowed, monitored, formed, Notified, sprayed, tender, Tendered, topic, Flown, laid, attached, stamped, Awarded, Borrowed, Shipped, felt, placed, Warned, planned, led, Strapped, ratified, Passed, haunted, tapped, trained, Talked, Watched, posted, signed, geared, Begun, admitted, Replied, convicted, tied, Accorded, Commanded, paid, Incurred, started, played, called, Looked, related, heard, touched, dogged, Launched, won, Carried, added, Dealt, Hounded, controlled, bound, drawn, thought, fixed, read, Acted, loaded, made, Meant, turned, gone, funded, put, Gotten, done, wanted.

• Other Related

  • Verb, past tense
    pursued, enlisted, gathered, consultation, engaged, nominated, instructed, ordered, Proceeded, requested.
  • Verb, past participle
    solicited, persecuted, engaged, nominated, instructed, ordered, requested.

Antonyms for Sought:

• imp. & p. p.

  • Other antonyms:
    unwanted.

Sought Sentence Examples:

• That was why he sought me out.

• Hurrying through the crowd he came suddenly face to face with the man he sought.

Homophones for Sought:

• scout, see to it, seated, sod, schizoid, scythia, sachet, situate, sudate, seethe, sad, squad, sitta, suttee, scott, 31st, squid, sedated, shahadah, staid, shout out, shaded, sack coat, shuteye, sex act, said, seta, shout, sheath, skate, sight, studied, stewed, say hey kid, steatite, sheathe, sacked, shiite, saxegothea, stout, stoat, skid, she-goat, scud, shakti, suidae, soaked, sooty, shod, sd, Sioux City, stye, south, satiated, sea-coast, statewide, seat, sit out, seaweed, shagged, sighted, sea-duty, steadied, set out, socket, swad, sized, sawtooth, situated, stow, sweat, sext, shi'ite, sou'-west, skew-eyed, shady, soused, sheathed, sadat, sou'-east, sated, shootout, shad, swot, Sq Yd, shock-headed, satiate, shut, studded, sagacity, siesta, shasta, sagittate, stay, shoat, sextette, Sayda, sea scout, set, sweetie, shakeout, sat, scatty, sita, shut out, statute, shut away, sexed, shadowy, shute, stowe, squat, skeat, sweet tooth, stet, saw-toothed, suggest, state, sack out, soddy, stud, sextet, stead, society, steady, scet, soothe, saudi, sittidae, shot, saida, sate, shoot, scoot, shouted, seaside, 1st, sesotho, seth, shaheed, shaggy-coated, seacoast, sou'west, sakti, ski tow, stew, saw wood, suety, ski jacket, stay at, saddhu, Saccade, sida, swede, scad, shoed, sukkoth, seed, sect, sixty-two, sth, seeded, set-to, side, sestet, Shote, shutout, sweaty, site, swath, sit, seize with teeth, sou'-sou'-east, suite, study, scid, sagitta, sea chest, Sea god, 21st, sou'-sou'-west, skagit, stay away, suede, shittah, see eye to eye, stowaway, scot, soda, suck out, saxist, sooth, sideway, sot, suicide, shadowed, sty, statuette, soot, satie, suited, statue, sweet, sixth, saw set, stated, skewed, soweto, shoddy, sewed, sade, suet, sekhet, set ahead, sadhe, sixty, squeeze out, sotho, shocked, shed, scd, secede, scathe, sexist, seedy, scythe, steed, swat, segway ht, saxe-gothea, scut, seized, schist, skit, sixtieth, stow away, sash weight, 101st, satiety, six-sided, sauteed, sadhu, studio, southey, Suss Out, suggested, 41st, sett, sedate, sheet, shadow, settee, scat, skeet, scottie, saute, suit, shade, seek out, squatty, succeed, scute, swathe, Succoth.