Synonyms of the word

pursuance

• n. A search for something; a pursuit or quest.
• n. A completion or putting into effect of something already begun; a prosecution.
• n. The state of being pursuant; consequence.

continuance

• n. (uncountable) The action of continuing.
• n. (countable, law) An order issued by a court granting a postponement of a legal proceeding for a set period.

continuation

• n. The act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation;…
• n. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on.
• n. (computing) A representation of an execution state of a program at a certain point in time, which may…
• n. (basketball) A successful shot that, despite a foul, is made with a single continuous motion beginning…

prosecution

• n. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor.
• n. (law) The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person.
• n. (law) The prosecuting party.

pursuit

• n. The act of pursuing.
• n. A hobby or recreational activity, done regularly.
• n. (cycling) A discipline in track cycling where two opposing teams start on opposite sides of the track…
• n. (law, obsolete) prosecution.

quest

• n. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
• n. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
• n. (obsolete) Request; desire; solicitation.
• n. (obsolete) A group of people making search or inquiry.
• n. (obsolete) Inquest; jury of inquest.
• v. To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
• v. To search for; to examine.
• v. (entomology, of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.

search

• n. An attempt to find something.
• n. The act of searching in general.
• v. (transitive) To look in (a place) for something.
• v. (intransitive, followed by "for") To look thoroughly.
• v. (transitive, now rare) To look for, seek.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To probe or examine (a wound).
• v. (obsolete) To examine; to try; to put to the test.