search (for or out)

as in to pursue
to go in search of every year major league scouts crisscross the country to search for young players with promising talent

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for search (for or out)
Verb
  • Applicants should be interested in pursuing a career in fashion.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 28 May 2025
  • Trump, eager to broker a peace deal bringing more than three years of full-scale war in Eastern Europe to a close, has become increasingly frustrated with Russian officials refusing to ink an agreement, despite pursuing a general thaw in relations with the Kremlin.
    Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
Verb
  • Miami sought him, too, before landing Carson Beck for $3 million.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 29 May 2025
  • Team Trump may also seek to use different legal strategies to reimpose some of the tariffs the court struck down.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 29 May 2025
Verb
  • Mapping the Deep Ocean Bell started looking up dive data and doing some math.
    Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 30 May 2025
  • Looking at her computer's search history, investigators found that Patterson looked up a website listing sightings of the poisonous mushroom.
    Britt Clennett, ABC News, 30 May 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Search (for or out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/search%20%28for%20or%20out%29. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!