All hunt synonyms
hunt
H h verb hunt
- look β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- shoot β to hit, wound, damage, kill, or destroy with a missile discharged from a weapon.
- capture β If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
- poach β to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
- track β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- fish β (loosely) any of various other aquatic animals.
- pursue β to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- drag β drag and drop
- stalk β an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- snare β one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum.
- seek β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- forage β food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- prowl β to rove or go about stealthily, as in search of prey, something to steal, etc.
- interrogate β to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- investigate β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- scour β to range over, as in a search: They scoured the countryside for the lost child.
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
noun hunt
- raid β a sudden assault or attack, as upon something to be seized or suppressed: a police raid on a gambling ring.
- hunting β an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- probe β to search into or examine thoroughly; question closely: to probe one's conscience.
- prosecution β Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
- interrogation β the act of interrogating; questioning.
- quest β a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- inquiry β a seeking or request for truth, information, or knowledge.
- investigation β the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- pursuit β the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- inquisition β an official investigation, especially one of a political or religious nature, characterized by lack of regard for individual rights, prejudice on the part of the examiners, and recklessly cruel punishments.
- sporting β of, relating to, or used in sports or a particular sport: sport fishing.
- trailing β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- inquest β a legal or judicial inquiry, usually before a jury, especially an investigation made by a coroner into the cause of a death.
- research β to make researches; investigate carefully.
- pursuing β to follow in order to overtake, capture, kill, etc.; chase.
- rummage β to search thoroughly or actively through (a place, receptacle, etc.), especially by moving around, turning over, or looking through contents.
- seeking β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- meddling β to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
- scrutiny β a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
- game β an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- study β a room, in a house or other building, set apart for private study, reading, writing, or the like.
- prying β that pries; looking or searching curiously.
- following β the act of following.
- reconnaissance β the act of reconnoitering.
- steeplechase β a horse race over a turf course furnished with artificial ditches, hedges, and other obstacles over which the horses must jump.
- pursuance β the following or carrying out of some plan, course, injunction, or the like.
- coursing β Coursing is a sport in which rabbits or hares are hunted with dogs.
- hounding β one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- snooping β to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
- tracing β a surviving mark, sign, or evidence of the former existence, influence, or action of some agent or event; vestige: traces of an advanced civilization among the ruins.
- sifting β to separate and retain the coarse parts of (flour, ashes, etc.) with a sieve.