Synonyms of courted

courted

verb

past tense of court

1

as in wooed

to act so as to make (something) more likely

you're courting disaster if you keep playing with matches

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wooed
• invited
• sought
• asked (for)
• flirted (with)
• looked for
• tempted
• hunted
• searched
• provoked
• fished (for)
• angled (for)

2

as in dated

to go on dates that may eventually lead to marriage

they courted for a year before getting married

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dated
• made love
• wooed
• attended
• kept company
• went steady
• romanced
• escorted
• sparked
• gallanted
• went out
• saw
• took out
• stepped out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of courted

Ellison floated the idea of having the companies leave California if the suit wasn’t dropped, while states like Texas and Tennessee actively courted the mogul. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Costco initially courted the city with plans for a roughly 166,000-square-foot warehouse at the northeast corner of State Highway 55 and Hill Road, but the project has yet to make it to a public hearing. — Rose Evans october 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 Oct. 2026

The Republican president had courted the Religious Right, even saluting PTL during a convention of televangelists. — Tim Funk, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026

Multiple sources said the group has courted Ken Griffin, the billionaire hedge-fund mogul who lives in Miami and this week announced a $3 billion donation to bring a Carnegie Mellon college campus to the city’s Wynwood neighborhood. — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

The news that Elon Musk is being courted as an addition to the investment team at Paramount adds yet more gasoline on this heaping trash fire of a media landscape. — Abigail Disney, New York Daily News, 28 Sep. 2026

Of all the politicians Navatek courted under Kao’s leadership, Collins was its most important patron. — William Turton, ProPublica, 22 Sep. 2026

That’s why he wasn’t being recruited by Southeastern Conference powerhouses and instead was being courted by the lower-profile likes of Eastern Kentucky, Mercer, Old Dominion, Southeast Missouri State and Western Illinois. — Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026

Given her role as a children’s entertainer, Accurso has courted backlash for speaking out on politics over the last few years. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026