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Antonyms for chase
tʃeɪs; ˈsæl mənchase

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English Synonyms and Antonyms2.0 / 2 votes

  1. chase

    Anything that comes after or goes after another, either in space or in time, is said to follow it. A servant follows or attends his master; a victorious general may follow the retiring enemy merely to watch and hold him in check; he chases or pursues with intent to overtake and attack; the chase is closer and hotter than the pursuit. (Compare synonyms for HUNT.) One event may follow another either with or without special connection; if it ensues, there is some orderly connection; as, the ensuing year; if it results from another, there is some relation of effect, consequence, or inference. A clerk observes his employer's directions. A child obeys his parent's commands, follows or copies his example, imitates his speech and manners. The compositor follows copy; the incoming succeeds the outgoing official.

    Synonyms:
    accompany, attend, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, pursue, result, succeed

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. chaseverb

    Antonyms:
    abandon, relinquish, discard, dismiss, avoid, elude, evade

    Synonyms:
    pursue, hunt, follow, drive, prosecute

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Princeton's WordNet4.5 / 2 votes

  1. pursuit, chase, pursual, followingnoun

    the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture

    "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

    Synonyms:
    sideline, quest, pursuance, following, pastime, pursual, spare-time activity, avocation, followers, hobby, by-line, pursuit, interest

  2. Chase, Salmon P. Chase, Salmon Portland Chasenoun

    United States politician and jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1808-1873)

    Synonyms:
    following, pursuit, pursual

  3. chaseverb

    a rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time

    Synonyms:
    following, pursuit, pursual

  4. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackverb

    go after with the intent to catch

    "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

    Synonyms:
    give chase, quest for, traverse, pass over, chase after, cut through, cover, shack, chamfer, mark, get over, drop back, cut across, tail, furrow, go after, get across, trail, train, bob, get behind, label, dog, track, pursue, cross, tag, quest after, drag, dock, hang back, drop behind

  5. chase, chase afterverb

    pursue someone sexually or romantically

    Synonyms:
    dog, furrow, chase after, tail, trail, tag, track, chamfer, go after, give chase

  6. chaseverb

    cut a groove into

    "chase silver"

    Synonyms:
    dog, furrow, chase after, tail, trail, tag, track, chamfer, go after, give chase

  7. furrow, chamfer, chaseverb

    cut a furrow into a columns

    Synonyms:
    wrinkle, chamfer, chase after, bevel, tag, crease, tail, trail, dog, track, groove, go after, rut, give chase, furrow

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. chaseverb

    Synonyms:
    track, hunt, pursue, scatter, expel, drive, disperse, dispel

How to use chase in a sentence?

  1. Kyle Larson:

    I don’t really have much wet-weather experience, so it was kind of cool to figure that out, honestly didn’t drive way different. You could still slow down good, turn good. Drive-off was easy to spin your tires, but other than that, it was kind of fun to chase the grip throughout the portions where it would start drying. So it was pretty fun and yeah, I think they’ve got a pretty good product that we could honestly start racing with right away if we needed to on these short tracks.

  2. Gary Lineker:

    Football is a simple game. Twenty-two men chase a ball for 90 minutes and at the end, the Germans always win.

  3. Washington State Governor Jay Inslee:

    We are for the jobs of the future. Trump wants to chase the phantoms of past.

  4. The Golden State Warriors:

    The men and women who work The Golden State Warriors games at Chase Center are critical in providing an incredible game-night experience for The Golden State Warriors fans, including of course, the popcorn vendors, as players, The Golden State Warriors wanted to do something, along with The Golden State Warriors ownership and coaches, to help ease the pain during this time.

  5. Lorne Baring:

    The global macro picture hasn't changed and we are still seeing a supply glut and a weak demand environment, i believe the recent spike in share prices is a short-term phenomenon. Do not chase commodities-related companies.

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#2215avoid
#5752chase
#14530abandon
#15596dismiss
#17665discard
#35306evade
#41807relinquish
#64306elude

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