SEEKS (OUT) Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

seeks (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of seek (out)

as in looks up

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as in looks

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Someone returning home after a long day looks up at the sky before opening their door, as if making a wish.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
At Cornell’s Student & Campus Life Center, a junior working the front desk looks up from her laptop, covered in colorful Bible-verse stickers, to nervously answer a few questions.

— Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of looks up

Verb

The gorgeous and tasty caramel and cream cheese frosting looks the best when applied with a small offset spatula to give it that swirly effect on the cake.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026
Be suspicious of unexpected statement links Even when an email looks authentic, use the SSA website independently to access your information.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of looks

Verb

Larter hopes the invention reaches the technicians who need it most.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
When work reaches the right people with the relevant history, urgency and business context attached, issues get prioritized by business impact and escalation becomes less reliant on informal coordination between departments.

— Rohan Joshi, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of reaches

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The species, native to Western Europe and Africa, has few predators, aggressively hunts its prey, and can consume a wide variety of shellfish, including oysters, clams, mussels, lobsters, and other crabs.

— Victoria Malloy, Time, 21 Oct. 2026
They are trapped inside and have to complete six games and escape for a supernatural figure hunts them down.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026

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