Synonyms of hunted (down or up)

hunted (down or up)

verb

past tense of hunt (down or up)

as in found

to come upon after searching, study, or effort

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• found
• learned
• discovered
• located
• dredged (up)
• tracked (down)
• ran down
• got
• scouted (up)
• dug up
• routed (out)
• rooted (out)
• found out
• dug out
• hit (on or upon)
• turned up
• detected
• determined
• ascertained
• ferreted (out)
• scared up
• nosed out
• rummaged
• searched (for or out)
• descried
• spotted
• looked for
• sighted
• sought
• espied

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• passed over
• missed
• overlooked
• lost
• misplaced
• misset
• mislaid
• mis-set