Synonyms of the word

pursue

• v. (obsolete, transitive) To follow with harmful intent; to try to harm, to persecute, torment.
• v. (transitive) To follow urgently, originally with intent to capture or harm; to chase.
• v. (transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.).
• v. (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.).
• v. (transitive) To participate in (an activity, business etc.); to practise, follow (a profession).

act

• n. (countable) Something done, a deed.
• n. (obsolete, uncountable) Actuality.
• n. (countable) A product of a legislative body, a statute.
• n. The process of doing something.
• n. (countable) A formal or official record of something done.
• n. (countable) A division of a theatrical performance.
• n. (countable) A performer or performers in a show.
• n. (countable) Any organized activity.
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour.
• n. A thesis maintained in public, in some English universities, by a candidate for a degree, or to show the…
• n. (countable) A display of behaviour meant to deceive.
• v. (intransitive) To do something.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To do (something); to perform.
• v. (intransitive) To perform a theatrical role.
• v. (intransitive) To behave in a certain way.
• v. (copulative) To convey an appearance of being.
• v. To do something that causes a change binding on the doer.
• v. (intransitive, construed with on or upon) To have an effect (on).
• v. (transitive) To play (a role).
• v. (transitive) To feign.
• v. (mathematics, intransitive, construed with on or upon, of a group) To map via a homomorphism to a group…
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To move to action; to actuate; to animate.

engage

• v. (heading, transitive) To interact socially.
• v. (heading) To interact antagonistically.
• v. (heading) To interact contractually.
• v. (heading) To interact mechanically.
• v. (intransitive) To enter into (an activity), to participate (construed with in).

follow

• v. (transitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
• v. (transitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
• v. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
• v. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
• v. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
• v. (transitive) To be a logical consequence of.
• v. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
• n. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball…
• n. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.

go

• v. To move.
• v. (intransitive, chiefly of a machine) To work or function (properly); to move or perform (as required).
• v. (intransitive) To start; to begin (an action or process).
• v. (intransitive) To take a turn, especially in a game.
• v. (intransitive) To attend.
• v. To proceed.
• v. To follow or travel along (a path).
• v. (intransitive) To extend (from one point in time or space to another).
• v. (intransitive) To lead (to a place); to give access to.
• v. (copula) To become. (The adjective that follows usually describes a negative state.).
• v. To assume the obligation or function of; to be, to serve as.
• v. (intransitive) To continuously or habitually be in a state.
• v. To come to (a certain condition or state).
• v. (intransitive) To change (from one value to another).
• v. To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• v. (intransitive) To tend (toward a result).
• v. To contribute to a (specified) end product or result.
• v. To pass, to be used up.
• v. (intransitive) To die.
• v. (intransitive) To be discarded.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To be lost or out.
• v. To break down or apart.
• v. (intransitive) To be sold.
• v. (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To survive or get by; to last or persist for a stated length of time.
• v. (transitive, sports) To have a certain record.
• v. To be authoritative, accepted, or valid.
• v. To say (something), to make a sound.
• v. To be expressed or composed (a certain way).
• v. (intransitive) To resort (to).
• v. To apply or subject oneself to.
• v. To fit (in a place, or together with something).
• v. (intransitive) To date.
• v. To attack.
• v. To be in general; to be usually.
• v. (transitive) To take (a particular part or share); to participate in to the extent of.
• v. (transitive) To yield or weigh.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To offer, bid or bet an amount; to pay.
• v. (transitive, colloquial) To enjoy. (Compare go for.).
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To urinate or defecate.
• n. (uncommon) The act of going.
• n. A turn at something, or in something (e.g. a game).
• n. An attempt, a try.
• n. An approval or permission to do something, or that which has been approved.
• n. An act; the working or operation.
• n. (slang, dated) A circumstance or occurrence; an incident.
• n. (dated) The fashion or mode.
• n. (dated) Noisy merriment.
• n. (slang, archaic) A glass of spirits; a quantity of spirits.
• n. Power of going or doing; energy; vitality; perseverance.
• n. (cribbage) The situation where a player cannot play a card which will not carry the aggregate count above…
• n. A period of activity.
• n. (obsolete, British slang) A dandy; a fashionable person.
• n. (board games) A strategic board game, originally from China, in which two players (black and white) attempt…

locomote

• v. (now chiefly biology) To move or travel (from one location to another).

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

oppose

• v. To attempt to stop the progression of; to resist or antagonize by physical means, or by arguments, etc…
• v. To object to.
• v. To present or set up in opposition; to pose.
• v. To place in front of, or over against; to set opposite; to exhibit.
• v. To compete with; to strive against.

prosecute

• v. (transitive, law) To start criminal proceedings against.
• v. (transitive, law) To charge, try.
• v. To seek to obtain by legal process.
• v. (transitive) To pursue something to the end.

react

• v. (transitive) To act or perform a second time; to do over again; to reenact.
• v. (physics) To return an impulse or impression; to resist the action of another body by an opposite force.
• v. (chemistry, intransitive) To act upon each other; to exercise a reciprocal or a reverse effect, as two…
• v. (chemistry, transitive) To cause chemical agents to react; to cause one chemical agent to react with another.

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.

seek

• v. (transitive) To try to find, to look for, to search.
• v. (transitive) To inquire for; to ask for; to solicit; to beseech.
• v. (transitive) To try to acquire or gain; to strive after; to aim at.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To go, move, travel (in a given direction).
• v. (transitive) To try to reach or come to; to go to; to resort to.

travel

• v. (intransitive) To be on a journey, often for pleasure or business and with luggage; to go from one place…
• v. (intransitive) To pass from here to there; to move or transmit; to go from one place to another.
• v. (intransitive, basketball) To move illegally by walking or running without dribbling the ball.
• v. (transitive) To travel throughout (a place).
• v. (transitive) To force to journey.
• v. (obsolete) To labour; to travail.
• n. The act of traveling.
• n. pl A series of journeys.
• n. pl An account of one's travels.
• n. The activity or traffic along a route or through a given point.
• n. The working motion of a piece of machinery; the length of a mechanical stroke.
• n. (obsolete) Labour; parturition; travail.