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//sɜːt͡ʃ//
Synonyms for "search" (147 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (44)
Related words (73)
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Translations
308 translations across 98 languages.
Afrikaans
3 entries- soektog noun (an attempt to find something)
- soektogte noun (an attempt to find something)
- soek verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Albanian
2 entries- kërkim f lyp noun (an attempt to find something)
- kërkoj verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ζήτησις noun (an attempt to find something)
- ἔρευνα noun (an attempt to find something)
- ἐρευνάω verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Arabic
4 entries- بَحْث noun (an attempt to find something)
- طَلَب noun (an attempt to find something)
- بَحَثَ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- بَحَثَ عَنْ verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Armenian
4 entries- խուզարկություն noun (an attempt to find something)
- որոնում noun (an attempt to find something)
- ման գալ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- որոնել verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Assamese
1 entries- বিচাৰ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- axtarış noun (an attempt to find something)
- aramaq verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- axtarmaq verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Bashkir
1 entries- эҙләү verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Basque
2 entries- bilatu verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- xerkatu verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Belarusian
3 entries- во́быск noun (an attempt to find something)
- по́шук noun (an attempt to find something)
- шука́ць verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Bengali
2 entries- খোঁজা verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- খোঁজা verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Bulgarian
4 entries- тъ́рсене noun (an attempt to find something)
- претъ́рсвам verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- тъ́рся verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- търся verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Burmese
2 entries- ရှာ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ရှာ verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Catalan
4 entries- cerca noun (an attempt to find something)
- buscar verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- cercar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- cercar verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Central Sierra Miwok
1 entries- ˀaký·l noun (an attempt to find something)
Chinese
2 entries- 抄找 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- 搜索 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 搜索 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 尋找 /寻找 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- 尋求 /寻求 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- 尋覓 /寻觅 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Czech
3 entries- hledání noun (an attempt to find something)
- hledat verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- hledat verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Danish
4 entries- eftersøgning noun (an attempt to find something)
- lede verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- lede verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- søge verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Dari
1 entries- جُسْتُجو noun (an attempt to find something)
Dutch
4 entries- speurtocht noun (an attempt to find something)
- zoektocht noun (an attempt to find something)
- afzoeken verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- doorzoeken verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Esperanto
3 entries- serĉo noun (an attempt to find something)
- priserĉi verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- serĉi verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Estonian
3 entries- otsimine noun (an attempt to find something)
- otsing noun (an attempt to find something)
- otsima verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Faroese
1 entries- leita verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Finnish
4 entries- etsiminen noun (an attempt to find something)
- etsintä noun (an attempt to find something)
- hakeminen noun (an attempt to find something)
- haku noun (an attempt to find something)
French
4 entries- recherche noun (an attempt to find something)
- chercher verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- chercher verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- fouiller verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Friulian
1 entries- cirî verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Galician
4 entries- busca noun (an attempt to find something)
- procura noun (an attempt to find something)
- buscar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- cachear verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Georgian
3 entries- ძებნა noun (an attempt to find something)
- ძებნა verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ძებნა verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
German
4 entries- Suche noun (an attempt to find something)
- absuchen verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- durchsuchen verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- suchen verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Greek
4 entries- αναζήτηση noun (an attempt to find something)
- αναζητώ verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- ερευνώ verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- ψάχνω verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Hebrew
2 entries- חיפוש \ חִפּוּשׂ noun (an attempt to find something)
- חיפש \ חִפֵּשׂ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Hindi
4 entries- खोज noun (an attempt to find something)
- जाँच noun (an attempt to find something)
- जुस्तजू noun (an attempt to find something)
- तलाश noun (an attempt to find something)
Hungarian
2 entries- keresés noun (an attempt to find something)
- átkutat verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Icelandic
2 entries- leit noun (an attempt to find something)
- leita verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Ido
1 entries- sercho noun (an attempt to find something)
Indonesian
2 entries- geledah verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- mencari verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Ingrian
1 entries- etso noun (an attempt to find something)
Iranian Persian
1 entries- جُسْتُجو noun (an attempt to find something)
Irish
2 entries- cuardach noun (an attempt to find something)
- cuardaigh verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Italian
4 entries- cerca noun (an attempt to find something)
- ricerca noun (an attempt to find something)
- buscare verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- cercare verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Japanese
4 entries- 捜索 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 検索 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 捜す verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- 探す verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Javanese
3 entries- upaya noun (an attempt to find something)
- glédhah verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- golèk verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Kabuverdianu
1 entries- djobe verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Kannada
1 entries- ಹುಡುಕು verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Kazakh
3 entries- ізденіс noun (an attempt to find something)
- жоқтау verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- іздеу verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Khiamniungan Naga
2 entries- lìam noun (an attempt to find something)
- lìam verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Khmer
3 entries- រក verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- រកមើល verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ស្វែងរក verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Korean
4 entries- 검색 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 수색 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 찾기 noun (an attempt to find something)
- 찾다 verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- издөө noun (an attempt to find something)
- тинтүү noun (an attempt to find something)
- издөө verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Lao
3 entries- ຄົ້ນ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ຄົ້ນຫາ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ຫາ verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Latin
4 entries- scrūtinium noun (an attempt to find something)
- pervēnor verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- quaerō verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- scisco verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Latvian
2 entries- meklēšana noun (an attempt to find something)
- meklēt verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Lingala
1 entries- luka noun (an attempt to find something)
Lithuanian
4 entries- ieškojimas noun (an attempt to find something)
- paieška noun (an attempt to find something)
- ieškoti verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ieškoti verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- pytanje noun (an attempt to find something)
- pytaś verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Sich noun (an attempt to find something)
Macedonian
3 entries- трагање noun (an attempt to find something)
- бара verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- трага verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Malay
2 entries- cari noun (an attempt to find something)
- mencari verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Maltese
1 entries- fittex verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Mizo
4 entries- zawn noun (an attempt to find something)
- zawnna noun (an attempt to find something)
- zawng verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- zawng verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Mongolian
2 entries- хайх verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- эрэх verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Māori
4 entries- kimihanga noun (an attempt to find something)
- rapunga noun (an attempt to find something)
- haurapa verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- hure verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Nepali
1 entries- खोजी गर्नु noun (an attempt to find something)
Norwegian
1 entries- lete verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- leting noun (an attempt to find something)
- søk noun (an attempt to find something)
- søken noun (an attempt to find something)
- lete verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- søk noun (an attempt to find something)
Occitan
2 entries- cercar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- cercar verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Persian
1 entries- جستجو کردن verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Piedmontese
1 entries- serca noun (an attempt to find something)
Polish
4 entries- poszukiwanie noun (an attempt to find something)
- przeszukiwanie noun (an attempt to find something)
- przeszukać verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- przeszukiwać verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Portuguese
4 entries- busca noun (an attempt to find something)
- buscar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- procurar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- procurar verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Quechua
2 entries- aşii verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- maskai verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Romanian
1 entries- căuta verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Russian
4 entries- о́быск noun (an attempt to find something)
- по́иск noun (an attempt to find something)
- ро́зыск noun (an attempt to find something)
- иска́ть verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- sireadh noun (an attempt to find something)
- iarr verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- lorg verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- sir verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pȍtraga noun (an attempt to find something)
- по̏трага noun (an attempt to find something)
- potražiti verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- trážiti verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Slovak
2 entries- hľadanie noun (an attempt to find something)
- hľadať verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Slovene
2 entries- iskanje noun (an attempt to find something)
- iskati verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Southern Altai
1 entries- тинтӱ noun (an attempt to find something)
Spanish
4 entries- busca noun (an attempt to find something)
- buscamiento (disused) noun (an attempt to find something)
- búsqueda noun (an attempt to find something)
- campeada noun (an attempt to find something)
Swedish
4 entries- sökande noun (an attempt to find something)
- sökning noun (an attempt to find something)
- genomsöka verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- leta verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Tajik
2 entries- ҷустуҷӯ noun (an attempt to find something)
- ҷустуҷӯ кардан verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Telugu
1 entries- వెతుకు noun (an attempt to find something)
Thai
4 entries- การค้นหา noun (an attempt to find something)
- ค้น verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ค้นหา verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- มองหา verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Tongan
1 entries- kumi verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Turkish
2 entries- arama noun (an attempt to find something)
- aramak verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Turkmen
1 entries- agtarmak verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- о́бшук noun (an attempt to find something)
- по́шук noun (an attempt to find something)
- обшу́кувати verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- обшука́ти verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Urdu
4 entries- تَلاش noun (an attempt to find something)
- جان٘چ noun (an attempt to find something)
- جُستَجُو noun (an attempt to find something)
- جُسْتُجُو noun (an attempt to find something)
Uzbek
4 entries- qidirish noun (an attempt to find something)
- qidiruv noun (an attempt to find something)
- axtarmoq verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- qidirmoq verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Venetan
3 entries- sercar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- çercar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- ẑercar verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Vietnamese
4 entries- tìm verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- tìm verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
- tìm kiếm verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
- tìm kiếm verb ((followed by "for") to look thoroughly)
Volapük
1 entries- sukön verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Yiddish
1 entries- זוכן verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Yámana
1 entries- tēnux verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Zazaki
2 entries- geniyayış noun (an attempt to find something)
- geniyayen verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ǃxáa verb (to look throughout (a place) for something)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
The bear left no stone unturned in his search for fat bugs under the rocks.
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Many men went west in search of gold.
Source: tatoeba (18553)
We all went in search of gold.
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