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Detailed Synonyms for look for in English

look for:

to look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)

  1. to look for
    – try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 1
    to search for
    • search for verbe (searches for, searched for, searching for)
    to seek; to look for
    – try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 1
    • seek verbe (seeks, sought, seeking)
      • He sought for hidden gold.2
      • She sought for the meaning of life.2
    • look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)
      • He was looking for his glasses.2
  2. to look for
    – try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 1
    to seek; to search; to look for
    – try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of 1
    • seek verbe (seeks, sought, seeking)
      • He sought for hidden gold.2
      • She sought for the meaning of life.2
    • search verbe (searches, searched, searching)
      • The police are searching for clues1
      • They are searching for the missing man in the entire county1
    • look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)
      • He was looking for his glasses.2
  3. to look for
    to pass; to visit; to come past; to seek out; to look for; to call on; to look up; to call at
    • pass verbe (passes, passed, passing)
    • visit verbe (visits, visited, visiting)
    • come past verbe (comes past, came past, coming past)
    • seek out verbe (seeks out, sought out, seeking out)
    • look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)
    • call on verbe (calls on, called on, calling on)
    • look up verbe (looks up, looked up, looking up)
    • call at verbe (calls at, called at, calling at)
    to drop by
    – visit informally and spontaneously 1
    • drop by verbe (drops by, dropped by, dropping by)
      • We frequently drop by the neighbors' house for a cup of coffee1
  4. to look for
    to look for
    • look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)
  5. to look for
    – be excited or anxious about 1
    to anticipate; to look for; look to
    – be excited or anxious about 1
    • anticipate verbe (anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
    • look for verbe (looks for, looked for, looking for)
    • look to verbe

Conjugations for look for:

present
  1. look for
  2. look for
  3. looks for
  4. look for
  5. look for
  6. look for
simple past
  1. looked for
  2. looked for
  3. looked for
  4. looked for
  5. looked for
  6. looked for
present perfect
  1. have looked for
  2. have looked for
  3. has looked for
  4. have looked for
  5. have looked for
  6. have looked for
past continuous
  1. was looking for
  2. were looking for
  3. was looking for
  4. were looking for
  5. were looking for
  6. were looking for
future
  1. shall look for
  2. will look for
  3. will look for
  4. shall look for
  5. will look for
  6. will look for
continuous present
  1. am looking for
  2. are looking for
  3. is looking for
  4. are looking for
  5. are looking for
  6. are looking for
subjunctive
  1. be looked for
  2. be looked for
  3. be looked for
  4. be looked for
  5. be looked for
  6. be looked for
diverse
  1. look for!
  2. let's look for!
  3. looked for
  4. looking for
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Alternate Synonyms for "look for":


Related Definitions for "look for":

  1. try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of1
    • He was looking for his glasses.2
  2. be excited or anxious about1

Related Synonyms for look for