Synonyms of hunting (down or up)

hunting (down or up)

verb

present participle of hunt (down or up)

as in finding

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

managed to hunt down his ancestors, who arrived back to the 16th century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finding
• learning
• discovering
• tracking (down)
• dredging (up)
• scouting (up)
• finding out
• routing (out)
• locating
• running down
• hitting (on or upon)
• ferreting (out)
• digging up
• getting
• rooting (out)
• digging out
• turning up
• determining
• detecting
• ascertaining
• nosing out
• scaring up
• rummaging
• searching (for or out)
• looking for
• descrying
• spotting
• sighting
• seeking
• espying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passing over
• missing
• overlooking
• losing
• misplacing
• mislaying
• missetting
• mis-setting