All cast about antonyms
cast a·bout
C c verb cast about
- laze — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- do well — be successful
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- protect — to defend or guard from attack, invasion, loss, annoyance, insult, etc.; cover or shield from injury or danger.
- give — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
- leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
- reply — followup
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
- rush — to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- answer — When you answer someone who has asked you something, you say something back to them.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- overlook — to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- find — to come upon by chance; meet with: He found a nickel in the street.
- shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.