Antonyms for pursue
pərˈsupur·sue

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.7 / 3 votes

1. pursue

   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, chase, come after, copy, ensue, follow, go after, heed, imitate, obey, observe, practise, result, succeed

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. pursue

   Synonyms:
   chase, follow, track, hunt, continue, prosecute

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Move

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. prosecute, engage, pursueverb

   carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

   "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"

   Synonyms:
   rent, quest for, act on, prosecute, occupy, follow up on, engross, charter, mesh, operate, employ, absorb, engage, go after, follow, affiance, hire, betroth, lock, take, wage, lease, quest after, plight, enlist

2. pursue, followverb

   follow in or as if in pursuit

   "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"

   Synonyms:
   conform to, play along, go after, espouse, travel along, keep an eye on, fall out, quest after, adopt, survey, comply, come after, abide by, follow up on, be, watch over, take after, keep up, prosecute, watch, keep abreast, follow, act on, stick to, observe, surveil, succeed, accompany, come, postdate, trace, stick with, quest for, engage

3. quest for, go after, quest after, pursueverb

   go in search of or hunt for

   "pursue a hobby"

   Synonyms:
   give chase, act on, prosecute, chase after, follow up on, quest for, chase, dog, tail, engage, go after, follow, trail, quest after, track, tag

4. pursue, follow up on, act onverb

   carry further or advance

   "Can you act on this matter soon?"

   Synonyms:
   act on, engage, quest for, prosecute, quest after, follow up on, follow, go after

How to use pursue in a sentence?

1. Jacques Champagne de Labriolle:

   The shipment is organized as the size of the French military intervention in CAR (Central African Republic) is being reduced, the Nigerian federal and airport authorities, being satisfied with the documents and the genuine character of the flight, have announced that the plane will be authorized to pursue its flight to N'Djamena.

2. Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr:

   Our office is committed to ensuring those who are entrusted to serve are carrying out their duties ethically and honestly, while an indictment was returned today, our file is not closed, and we will continue to investigate in order to pursue justice.

3. Alejandro Giammattei on Friday:

   From today on, we will relentlessly pursue, 24 hours a day, all the criminals who have had us on our knees.

4. Singapore Democratic Party:

   We call on the Minister to not only retract the Correction Directions but also issue an immediate, unambiguous and public apology to the SDP... failing which we will be obliged to pursue the matter in a court of law.

5. Jeb Bush:

   The recovery has been everywhere but in American paychecks. The American Dream has become a mirage for far too many. So the central question we face here in Detroit and across America is this : Can we restore The American Dream -- that moral promise -- that each generation can do better ? we believe that every American and in every community has a right to pursue happiness. They have a right to rise.

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