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Antonyms for seek
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Wiktionary3.7 / 3 votes

  1. seekverb

    Synonyms:
    look for, search

  2. seekverb

    To try to find, to look for, to search.

    I seek wisdom.

    Synonyms:
    search, look for

  3. seekverb

    To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.

    Synonyms:
    look for, search

  4. seekverb

    To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.

    Synonyms:
    look for, search

  5. seekverb

    To go, move, travel (in a given direction).

    Synonyms:
    search, look for

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.6 / 5 votes

  1. seek

    Antonyms:
    ignore, disregard, avoid, shun, elude, pretermit, discard, abandon, relinquish, drop

    Synonyms:
    search, inquire, pursue, solicit, endeavor, attempt, strive, investigate, trace, prosecute, follow, court, affect

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Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 2 votes

  1. seekverb

    the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

  2. seekverb

    try to get or reach

    "seek a position"; "seek an education"; "seek happiness"

    Synonyms:
    try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

  3. search, seek, look forverb

    try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

    "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"

    Synonyms:
    attempt, anticipate, explore, look, research, essay, try, look to, assay, search, look for

  4. try, seek, attempt, essay, assayverb

    make an effort or attempt

    "He tried to shake off his fears"; "The infant had essayed a few wobbly steps"; "The police attempted to stop the thief"; "He sought to improve himself"; "She always seeks to do good in the world"

    Synonyms:
    attempt, examine, search, stress, adjudicate, strain, essay, look for, assay, try out, try, prove, test, try on, taste, hear, set about, undertake, sample, judge, render

  5. seekverb

    go to or towards

    "a liquid seeks its own level"

    Synonyms:
    try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

  6. seekverb

    inquire for

    "seek directions from a local"

    Synonyms:
    try, essay, search, assay, attempt, look for

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. seekverb

    Synonyms:
    search for, hunt, aim at, strive after, attempt

How to use seek in a sentence?

  1. Attica Scott:

    That's when I decided to dedicate my everything to seek justice for her, and with Breonna's mother.

  2. Mark Catlin:

    There wasn’t any follow-up from Colorado after this. I believe they assumed she would seek care at Stanford.

  3. Chris Covelli:

    At the end of the day our job in this investigation is to seek justice for Lt. Gliniewicz, the Gliniewicz family and the Fox Lake community, justice will be served in this investigation.

  4. New Testament:

    Ask, and it shall be given you Seek, and ye shall find Knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

  5. Alec Baldwin:

    Not only is the truth being manipulated, it is being withheld or being distorted -- people are beginning to adjust to that and accept that and sit there and say,' Well, I'll find another source,' they will seek a source of information and if you're seeking a source of information and relying on one that doesn't value the truth, then that's one set of circumstances.

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