Quest

/kwɛst/

Synonyms for "quest" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(2 words)

adventureangle forask forbaybeat aboutbeat about forcast aboutchase chivy crusade deeddelve fordelvingdig fordog doggingdomiciliary visitdragnet emprise

Verb(4 words)

ask forbay bespeakcall for

Strong matches (38)

expedition explorationferret outfish forfollowfollow upfollow-up following forage friskgive chasego aftergo gunning forgun forhollo afterhound house-searchhue and cryhunthunt for

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hunt uphunting inquest inquiry inquisition investigation looklook forlook upmake after

Noun(7 words)

expedition explore hunt inquiry investigate investigation journey

Adjective(1 words)

intense pursuit

Related words (62)

mission perquisition pilgrimage posse probe probing prosecute prosecutionprowl afterpursual pursuance pursue pursuing pursuitquest afterraise the huntransacking research rummagerun after

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searchsearch forsearch outsearch partysearch warrantsearch-and-destroy operationsearchingsee toseekseek forseek outseeking shadowing stalk stalkingstill huntstill-hunttake out aftertrack downtrackingtracking downtrailingtry to findturning overululate wail

Noun(13 words)

mission odyssey odysseys pursuance pursue pursuits search seek seeking struggles trek treks yearning

Verb(3 words)

pursue goals vigorouslyrequest voyaged

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6 relation types

More general

34 entries

activity bark beg chasechase aftercommunicate dog effort expeditiongive chasego afterhunt hunting inquiry investigation journey

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More specific

13 entries

archival searchexpedition voyagehistorical researchphilosophical inquirypilgrimagereconnaissance missionreform campaignrelic huntrescue missionresearch projectscientific inquiryscientific investigationtreasure hunt

Collocations

9 entries

embark on questmedieval questquest for freedomquest for independencequest for knowledgequest for relicsquest for treasurequest narrativeroyal quest

Inflections

3 entries

quested questing quests

Derivations

2 entries

quester questing

similar

2 entries

call forinvite

Translations

68 translations across 35 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

kërkim noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

ἀναζήτησις noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
ἔρανος noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Belarusian

2 entries

мі́сія noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
по́шук noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Bengali

1 entries

তলাশ noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Bulgarian

2 entries

ди́рене noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
ми́сия noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

尋求 /寻求 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
探索 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Czech

1 entries

výprava noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Dutch

3 entries

queeste noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
streeftocht noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
zoektocht noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Esperanto

1 entries

misio noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Finnish

1 entries

etsintä noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

French

1 entries

quête noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Galician

2 entries

busca noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
procura noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Georgian

2 entries

კვესტი noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
ძებნა noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

German

2 entries

Queste noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
Suche noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Greek

2 entries

έρανος noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
αναζήτηση noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Hindi

1 entries

खोज noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Hungarian

1 entries

küldetés noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Indonesian

1 entries

pencarian noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Italian

2 entries

impresa noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
missione noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Japanese

3 entries

クエスト noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
探求 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
探索 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Korean

2 entries

탐구 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
탐색 noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Latin

4 entries

indāgātiō noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
inquīsītiō noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
investīgātiō noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
scrūtātiō noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Macedonian

4 entries

за́дача noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
квест noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
ми́сија noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
по́трага noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

søken noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Persian

1 entries

پویش noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Jeforsch noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Polish

2 entries

poszukiwania noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
poszukiwanie noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Portuguese

1 entries

busca noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Russian

4 entries

квест noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
ми́ссия noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
по́иск noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
по́иски noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

sireadh noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Spanish

3 entries

búsqueda noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
esfuerzo noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
misión noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Swedish

4 entries

mål noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
resa noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
strävan noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
uppdrag noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Turkish

1 entries

arama noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Ukrainian

3 entries

квест noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
мі́сія noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
по́шук noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Welsh

2 entries

cwest noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)
cwestau noun (journey or effort in pursuit of a goal)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

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They explored the desert in quest of buried treasure.

Source: tatoeba (63481)

Gulliver traveled in quest of adventure.

Source: tatoeba (63514)

Those books which have made a lasting contribution to man's quest for truth, we call great books.

Source: tatoeba (270217)

Abu al-Husayn ibn al-Rawandi, already in the ninth century, held that reason is man's exclusive guide to truth, a quest in which revelation is of no help.

Source: tatoeba (534428)

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