Antonyms for hunt

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : huhnt

Phonetic Transcription : hʌnt

Definition of hunt

Origin : Old English huntian "chase game," related to hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *huntojan (cf. Gothic hinþan "to seize, capture," Old High German hunda "booty"), from PIE *kend-.
General sense of "search diligently" (for anything) is first recorded c.1200. Related: Hunted; hunting. Happy hunting-grounds "Native American afterlife paradise" is from "Last of the Mohicans" (1826).

noun search, chase
verb chase for killing
verb look, search for

Example sentences :

But mostly they hunt for this Andrew Lanning a dozen at a time.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

I am starting on a hunt in darkest Deanery for my cuff links.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

He did not even lose his high standing because he would not hunt Andrew alone.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

But, when I'm out of this, I'll hunt you down again and I'll plant you full of lead, my son!
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

So long as he don't get on my back to hunt other people, I don't care.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Why should a coyote, who is the least of all wolves, hunt for himself when he can find a man to follow?
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I waited on War Bonnet when he went to the hunt, and learned war-craft from him.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I will hunt out General O'Neill, and interview him on the field of slaughter.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Let's go and hunt him up—and we can settle about the pictures at the same time.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

"We were going to hunt up a parson in Upper Chester," said the Captain, sheepishly.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

Synonyms for hunt

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019