HUNTED Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hunted

verb

past tense of hunt

as in chased

to seek out (game) for food or sport Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter

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as in pursued

to go in search of I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer

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as in searched

to go into or range over for purposes of discovery a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles

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Recent Examples of hunted According to Blankenship, bobcats cannot be legally hunted or trapped in Will County as harvesting is restricted to the southern and western halves of Illinois. — Elena Tittel, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 The transition from tadpole to juvenile frog is never easy — legs sprout, tails shrink and lungs develop for a life on land, all while being hunted by fish and other predators. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026 In 1926, some Hartford businessmen hunted for World Series tickets. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 28 Sep. 2026 Police hunted tirelessly for the mastermind behind the killings, but the case has remained unsolved for more than 40 years. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2026 The notion that she had been hunted by the media before her death in an early morning car crash in Paris—which occurred after Diana’s driver, who had been drinking alcohol, sped from photographers—was widely discussed in 1997. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 23 Sep. 2026 The hacker essentially launched a massive internet scan that hunted for a way into the company’s network. — J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026 The truth is, many more elk are hunted after the rut has ended, when bugling attempts are futile. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026 Throughout the six episodes, Moriarty also reveals that friends and family had been told the couple was being hunted due to Nick’s previous classified military work. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026

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Know More Private-credit firms are one of the fastest-growing borrower sets for banks, which were chased out of risky lending after the 2008 crisis but have since found their way back into the trade by lending to the firms that replaced them.

— Ellen DiMauro, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2026
My father, a Brazilian immigrant, chased after the man, and helped the police make an arrest.

— Marcus Jones, IndieWire, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of chased

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Why is the most expensive defense option always the one pursued when the most useful one might be available down the street at the local Source for Sports supply shop?

— Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Viet Tan, a pro-democracy group composed of members of the Vietnamese diaspora, published a report in September that documented 20 cases where Vietnamese authorities pursued critics and activists outside its own borders.

— Shibani Mahtani, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026

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Another neighbor searched the woods, calling to the children, hearing nothing back.

— Thomas Lake, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Mary Beth Granbery of Mount Shasta was found Sunday along Cabin Creek after search-and-rescue teams from the Siskiyou and Shasta county sheriff’s offices searched the area, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of searched

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The final sequence bookends the first with River, Sid, and Coe once again being stalked by the assassins but this time getting the worst of it.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2026
Angry about a yearslong lawsuit, the doctor had threatened Cozzi in a restroom and stalked him outside his home, prosecutors said.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

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Europe hardens on migration as nationalist support grows European countries sought to harden migration rules in a bid to quell support for nationalist parties across the continent.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Trump sought to rally Republicans by attacking Democrats over inflation and immigration, repeating claims about the number and backgrounds of migrants who entered the country during the Biden administration.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

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But the seeds are planted quickly for weightier themes to be explored later.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026
Kearns gushed in a 2015 interview that his dream creative collaboration would be directing a project written by his daughter that explored race.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026