Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Pursuit (Purpose in action)

Nouns
  • pursuit
  • pursuing etc. v.
  • prosecution
  • pursuance
  • enterprise etc. (undertaking) Undertaking
  • business etc. Business
  • adventure etc. (essay) Essay
  • quest etc. (search) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
  • scramble, hue and cry, game
  • hobby
  • still-hunt. chase, hunt, battue, race, steeple chase, hunting, coursing
  • venation, venery
  • fox chase
  • sport, sporting
  • shooting, angling, fishing, hawking
  • shikar (Geog loc:India). pursuer
  • hunter, huntsman
  • shikari (Geog loc:India), sportsman, Nimrod
  • hound etc. Animal.
Verbs
  • pursue, prosecute, follow
  • run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after
  • shadow
  • carry on etc. (do) Action
  • engage in etc. (undertake) Undertaking
  • set about etc. (begin) Beginning
  • endeavor etc. Essay
  • court etc. (request) Request
  • seek etc. (search) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
  • aim at etc. (intention) Intention
  • follow the trail etc. (trace) Inquiry [Subject of Inquiry. Question]
  • fish for etc. (experiment) Experiment
  • press on etc. (haste) Haste
  • run a race etc. (velocity) Velocity. chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound
  • tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, c. (sequence) [Going after.] Sequence. rush upon
  • rush headlong etc. (violence) Violence, ride full tilt at, run full tilt at
  • make a leap at, jump at, snatch at run down
  • start game. tread a path
  • take a course, hold a course
  • shape one's steps, direct one's steps, bend one's steps, course
  • play a game
  • fight one's way, elbow one's way
  • follow up
  • take to, take up
  • go in for
  • ride one's hobby.
Adjectives
Adverbs
  • in pursuance of etc. (intention) Intention
  • after.
Int
  • tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!