cast about

Main Entry:
flounder [floun-der]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: struggle; be in the dark
Synonyms: blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, flop, flummox, foul up, fumble, go at backwards, go to pieces, grope, labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss one's cue, muddle, plunge, pratfall, screw up, slip up, snafu, strive, stub one's toe, stumble, thrash, toil, toss, travail, trip up, tumble, wallow, work at
Notes: founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly
Antonyms: do well, succeed
Main Entry: grope
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel about for
Synonyms: cast about, examine, explore, feel blindly, finger*, fish*, flounder, fumble, grabble, handle, manipulate, poke, pry, root, scrabble, search, touch
Main Entry: hunt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look, search for
Synonyms: be on the lookout, cast about, delve, drag, examine, ferret out, fish for, forage, go after, grope, inquire, interrogate, investigate, look all over hell, look high and low, nose around, probe, prowl, quest, question, ransack, rummage, run down, scour, scratch around, search high heaven, seek, sift, trace, trail, try to find, winnow
Antonyms: ignore, neglect
Main Entry: search
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: seek to find something
Synonyms: beat, beat about, cast about, chase after, check, comb, examine, explore, ferret, forage, frisk, go in quest of, go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through, grope, grub, gun for, hunt, hunt for, inquire, inspect, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look, look for, look high and low, look over, poke into, probe, prospect, pry, quest, rake, ransack, rifle through, root, rummage, run down, scan, scour, scout, scrutinize, seek, shake down, sift, smell around, study, track down, turn inside out, turn upside down
Antonyms: find
Main Entry: seek
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look for
Synonyms: be after, beat the bushes, bird-dog, bob for, cast about, chase, comb, delve, delve for, dig for, dragnet, explore, fan, ferret out, fish, fish for, follow, go after, gun for, hunt, inquire, investigate, leave no stone unturned, look about, look around, look high and low, mouse, nose*, prowl, pursue, quest, ransack, root, run after, scout, scratch, search for, search out, sniff out, track down
Antonyms: find
Main Entry: grabble
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: grope
Synonyms: cast about, examine, explore, feel, feel blindly, finger*, fish*, flounder, fumble, handle*, manipulate, poke, pry, root, scrabble, search, touch
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