'look for' definitions:
Definition of 'look for'
From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
Be excited or anxious about [syn: anticipate, look for, look to]
Synonyms of 'look for'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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
Words containing 'look for'
- Look,
- Looked,
- Looking,
- Looking for,
- To look about,
- To look after,
- To look at,
- To look down on,
- To look for,
- To look into,
- To look on,
- To look out,
- To look through,
- To look to,
- To look up,
- To look up to,
- have a look,
- look after,
- look at,
- look down on,
- look in,
- look into,
- look on,
- look out,
- look out on,
- look out over,
- look over,
- look through,
- look to,
- look up,
- look up to,
- looking at,
- looking up,
- looks,
- Look sharp,
- Quarter look,
- To look about one,
- To look black,
- To look blue,
- To look daggers,
- To look down upon,
- To look forth,
- To look forward to,
- To look in the face,
- To look unto,
- evil looking,
- forward looking,
- get a look,
- good looking,
- good looks,
- look across,
- look around,
- look away,
- look back,
- look backward,
- look down upon,
- look forward,
- look forward to,
- look like,
- look the other way,
- look upon,
- look-down,
- look-over,
- looked-for,
- looking glass,
- new look,
- take a look,
- Good-looking,
- Ill-looking,
- Looking-glass,
- better-looking,
- come hither look,
- evil-looking,
- fine-looking,
- forward-looking,
- important-looking,
- look-alike,
- looking glass tree,
- metal-looking,
- metallic-looking,
- side-look,
- to look on the bright side,
- Lady's looking-glass,
- To look a gift horse in the mouth,
- Venus's looking-glass,
- looking-glass plant