Definition for Sought:

• Pa. t. and pa. p. of SEEK.

Synonyms for 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.

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.