SEEKS Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

seeks

verb

present tense third-person singular of seek

as in pursues

to go in search of Henry Hudson was set adrift by mutinous crewmen while seeking the Northwest Passage to the Pacific Ocean

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as in requests

to make a request for came seeking financial advice

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as in tries

to make an effort to do seek to find the best solution

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Recent Examples of seeks The singer’s complaint seeks a jury trial and compensatory damages of over $75,000. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Sep. 2026 The film seeks to hold that tension through a deeply human perspective, where observing can also become an act of care. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Cairo and Beijing are expanding a sweeping partnership — from BRICS membership and Belt and Road megaprojects to new military exercises — as Egypt seeks economic lifelines and strategic leverage beyond Washington. — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Around them, an aristocratic winemaker defines his legacy, a legendary maître d’hôtel seeks his heir, and a reverent wine critic pursues the sublime. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026 Yust seeks a new trial or, alternatively, a new sentencing hearing. — Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026 That more and more people think better of Beijing than of Washington could eventually prove important as Beijing seeks to build up its soft power. — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026 Lawyers with the Federation for American Immigration Reform, a conservative advocacy group that seeks to curb immigration, are representing the sheriffs. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 1 Sep. 2026 One of his lines of research seeks to distill our familiar world from the disorienting Hilbert space that encapsulates all the ways the universe could possibly be. — Quanta Magazine, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for seeks

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One brother pursues a young woman working in a parlour who is trying to break free of her home life, while the other sinks into drinking and despair as both men struggle to hold onto their dignity in the city’s rougher margins.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Sep. 2026
Around them, an aristocratic winemaker defines his legacy, a legendary maître d’hôtel seeks his heir, and a reverent wine critic pursues the sublime.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of pursues

Verb

Proton Mail, acting as a proxy, requests the image and caches it on its own servers.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of requests

Verb

Linney’s Guardian tries to draw out some resentment from her new candidate, but John expresses (or feigns) sympathy for Hal, who was betrayed by his father figure Sinestro, an experience John likens to his own complicated upbringing.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2026
However, if a person tries to inject the drug, naloxone blocks buprenorphine’s opioid effects, triggering withdrawal in a person with opioid dependence.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of tries

Verb

This may not come as a surprise in a world not only of AI, but widespread access to technology that requires ordinary people to develop typing skills.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
If the rug requires mold or mildew remediation, consult a professional rug cleaner.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of requires

Verb

This is all while Venus in Libra strives for justice, balance, cooperation and relationships that feel mutually considerate.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Chesney called Martin an unbelievable leader and said that his energy will give people a window into what his program strives to look like.

— Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of strives

Verb

Why private credit may avoid a ‘crisis-apocalypse’ Blackstone’s scale attracts outsized scrutiny, and investors’ attempts to pull money from its private credit funds earlier this year made headline news.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 28 Aug. 2026
In 1994, Detective Joanne Miller, played by Shailene Woodley, attempts to track Kaczynski down as his bombing spree rages.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026