Pursue Synonyms and Antonyms

pər-so͝o'

Synonyms for Pursue

To urge on; incite as to pursuit

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To run in the same (width) track

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To take further actions remaining after an event; to continue, revisit, or persist; especially, to maintain communication.

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To hunt something and capture or kill it.

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fish-out

(Idiomatic) To search for by rummaging, and then extract (an item from e.g. a container).

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To cast a shadow on; darken or shade:

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(Idiomatic, intransitive) To chase or pursue a person.

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keep on foot

To chase

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To move along or be carried on

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To strengthen the effect of (an action) by further action

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search out

To chase

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(Intransitive) To walk slowly and cautiously; to walk in a stealthy, noiseless manner.

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(Idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

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search for

To chase

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To make a determined effort to win someone's affections.

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search after

To chase

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get-after

To move into action in pursuit of something.

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To pursue an object or a goal.

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send after

To chase

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prowl after

To chase

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gun-down

To kill by means of a firearm, especially deliberately and in a brutal manner.

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To track game

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tag with

To chase

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direct one's steps

To chase

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camp on the trail of

To chase

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follow close upon

To chase

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move behind

To chase

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hunt out

To chase

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scout-out

To search, to look for

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nose around

To chase

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poke around

To chase

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fasten oneself upon

To chase

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attach oneself to

To chase

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look about for

To chase

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aspire to

To seek

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(Slang) To court aggressively

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ask-for

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dig for

To chase

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go running for

To chase

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gun-for

To strive for the downfall or diminution of another.

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delve for

To chase

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strive for

To seek

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try for

To seek

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To make an effort to do, get, have, etc.; try; endeavor

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To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.

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(Idiomatic) To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention.

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To teach or train through practice; exercise

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To cause to live or spend

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Live is defined as to have life, continue to be alive, to reside somewhere or to behave throughout one's life in a particular way.

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To pronounce; utter:

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To try to gain the love or affections of, especially to seek to marry.

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The definition of woo is to try to gain love, affection or support.

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(Informal) To make love; court; woo

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(Comput.) To store (data) in, or retrieve it from, a specific location in memory

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To annoy or harass persistently; pester; nag

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To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.

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To occur afterwards, as a result or effect.

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To come after in order, time, or position:

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To trouble, worry, or torment, as with cares, debts, repeated questions or demands, etc.

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In bell ringing, to change the order of bells in a hunt

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Persist is defined as to refuse to give up or to continue to repeat an action.

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(Informal) To follow stealthily; shadow

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go in search of or hunt for

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go in search of or hunt for

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To institute and carry on a legal suit

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follow up on

carry further or advance

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(Medicine) To affect something.

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(Nautical) To fasten a hatch securely.

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(Intransitive) To give off a spark or sparks.

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Antonyms for Pursue

To interrupt the continuance of; to put an end to, especially as regards commercial productions; to stop producing, making, or supplying something.

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To refrain from (doing something):

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To keep away from (something harmful or disliked); shun; avoid; abstain from

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To interrupt one's course or journey for a brief visit or stay. Often used with by, in, or off:

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To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider

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To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

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To run away from:

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To withdraw military forces.

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To flee by running

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Words Related to Pursue

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To put to test.

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To carry on; persist in:

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To treat in a certain way.

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To make or decorate by needlework:

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To exist in actuality; have life or reality:

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To ascertain the sex of (chickens, etc.)

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Find another word for pursue. In this page you can discover 94 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pursue, like: hound, track, follow up, hunt down, discontinue, fish-out, shadow, undertake, embark on, give-chase and keep on foot.