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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chase, search |
| Synonyms: | following, going all out, hunt, hunting, inquiry, pursual, pursuance, pursuing, quest, reaching, seeking, stalk, tracking, trail, trailing |
| Antonyms: | retreat, surrender |
| Concept: | [Purpose in action] Pursuit. |
| Category: | 1. Conceptional volition |
| Synonyms: |
-nouns
pursuit; pursuing; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise (undertaking); business; adventure (essay); quest (search); scramble, hue and cry, game; hobby; still-hunt., chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing; venation, venery; fox chase; sport, sporting; shooting, angling, fishing, hawking; shikar., pursuer; hunter, huntsman; shikari, sportsman, Nimrod; hound.
-verbs
pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on (do); engage in (undertake); set about (begin); endeavor; court (request) seek (search) [more]; aim at (intention); follow the trail (trace); fish for (experiment); press on (haste); run a race (velocity)., chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, (sequence) [more]., rush upon; rush headlong (violence) ride full tilt at, run full tilt at; make a leap at, jump at, snatch at, run down; start game., tread a path; take a course, hold a course; shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course; play a game; fight one's way, elbow one's way; follow up; take to, take up; go in for; ride one's hobby.
-adjectives
pursuing; in quest of (inquiry), in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent.
-adverbs
in pursuance of (intention); after.
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| Antonyms: | avoidance |
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| Main Entry: | acquisition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obtaining or receiving |
| Synonyms: | accretion, achievement, acquirement, acquiring, addition, attainment, buy, gain, gaining, learning, obtainment, possession, prize, procuration, procurement, procuring, property, purchase, pursuit, recovery, redemption, retrieval, salvage, winning |
| Notes: | acquisition is a material possession while an acquirement is a personal skill or knowledge that one gains |
| Antonyms: | dearth, lack, loss, need, want |
| Main Entry: | affair |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity |
| Synonyms: | assignment, avocation, calling, case, circumstance, concern, duty, employment, episode, event, hap, happening, incident, interest, job, mission, obligation, occupation, occurrence, office function, proceeding, profession, project, province, pursuit, question, realm, responsibility, subject, task, thing*, topic, transaction, undertaking |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | aspiration |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | goal, hope |
| Synonyms: | aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning |
| Main Entry: | attempt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | try, effort |
| Synonyms: | all one's got, attack, bid*, crack*, dry run, endeavor, exertion, experiment, fling, go, header, lick*, one's all, one's darnedest, one's level best, pursuit, shot, stab, striving, struggle, trial, try, tryout, undertaking, venture, whack, workout |
| Antonyms: | certainty, laziness, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | job, profession |
| Synonyms: | bag*, biz, calling, career, craft, dodge*, employment, field, function, game, line, livelihood, métier, occupation, pursuit, racket, specialty, trade, vocation, what one is into, work |
| Notes: | the industry is the movie business and the business is the television industry |
| Antonyms: | avocation, recreation, unemployment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chosen profession |
| Synonyms: | art, business, career, craft, day gig, do*, dodge*, employment, gig, go*, handicraft, hang*, life's work, lifework, line, mission, métier, nine-to-five, occupation, play, province, pursuit, racket, rat race, slot, swindle*, trade, vocation, walk of life, work |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, hobby, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | career |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | occupation |
| Synonyms: | bag*, calling, course, dodge*, employment, field, game*, job, lifework, livelihood, number*, pilgrimage, profession, pursuit, racket, specialty, thing*, vocation, work |
| Notes: | careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory |
| Antonyms: | amusement, avocation, entertainment, recreation |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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