Roget's Thesaurus

#622. Pursuit

Nouns

pursuit; pursuing etc. v.; prosecution; pursuance; enterprise etc. (undertaking) 676; business etc. 625; adventure etc. (essay) 675; quest etc. (search) 461; 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. 366.

Verbs

pursue, prosecute, follow; run after, make after, be after, hunt after, prowl after; shadow; carry on etc. (do) 680; engage in etc. (undertake) 676; set about etc. (begin) 66; endeavor etc. 675; court etc. (request) 765; seek etc. (search) 461; aim at etc. (intention) 620; follow the trail etc. (trace) 461; fish for etc. (experiment) 463; press on etc. (haste) 684; run a race etc. (velocity) 274. chase, give chase, course, dog, hunt, hound; tread on the heels, follow on the heels of, etc. (sequence) 281. rush upon; rush headlong etc. (violence) 173, 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

pursuing etc. v.; in quest of etc. (inquiry) 461; in pursuit, in full cry, in hot pursuit; on the scent.

Adverbs

in pursuance of etc. (intention) 620; after.

Interjections

tallyho!, yoicks!, soho!