[syn: anticipate, look for, look to]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
look for
v 1: try to locate or discover, or try to establish the
existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They
are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
[syn: search, seek, look for]
2: be excited or anxious about [syn: anticipate, look for,
look to]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "look for":
address, angle for, anticipate, approach, ask for, await,
be destined, be fated, be imminent, be to be, be to come,
beat about for, bid for, calculate on, canvass, come, come on,
count on, court, delve for, dig for, draw near, draw on, expect,
fish for, follow, foresee, forestall, foretell, go gunning for,
gun for, hope, hunt, hunt for, hunt up, lie ahead, look,
look forward to, look out for, look to, look up, loom, near, plan,
plot, pop the question, predict, project, prophesy, prowl after,
pursue, quest, reckon on, search for, see to, seek, seek for,
solicit, still-hunt, sue, sue for, threaten, try to find,
watch out for, woo