/ Thesaurus / P Synonyms of pursued Find synonyms for: Noun1. pursued, chased, hunted personusage: a person who is being chased; "the film jumped back and forth from the pursuer to the pursued"Verb1. prosecute, engage, pursue, act, moveusage: carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in; "She pursued many activities"; "They engaged in a discussion"2. pursue, follow, travel, go, move, locomoteusage: follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"3. quest for, go after, quest after, pursue, search, seek, look forusage: go in search of or hunt for; "pursue a hobby"4. pursue, follow up on, act on, react, opposeusage: carry further or advance; "Can you act on this matter soon?"Adjective1. pursuedusage: followed with enmity as if to harm; "running and leaping like a herd of pursued antelopes"WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: inutiae Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language