All chase synonyms
chase
C c verb chase
- tear β the act of tearing.
- run down β melted or liquefied: run butter.
- rush β to move, act, or progress with speed, impetuosity, or violence.
- hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
- track β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
- follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- speed β rapidity in moving, going, traveling, proceeding, or performing; swiftness; celerity: the speed of light; the speed of sound.
- course β Course is often used in the expression 'of course', or instead of 'of course' in informal spoken English. See of course.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- seek β to go in search or quest of: to seek the truth.
- chivy β to harass or nag
- shag β this dance step.
- pursue β to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
- run after β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- dash β If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
- career β A career is the job or profession that someone does for a long period of their life.
- hurtle β to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
- hurry β to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed by up): Hurry, or we'll be late. Hurry up, it's starting to rain.
- bird-dog β to follow, watch carefully, or investigate.
- track down β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
noun chase
- pursuit β the act of pursuing: in pursuit of the fox.
- hunting β an act or practice of hunting game or other wild animals.
- quest β a search or pursuit made in order to find or obtain something: a quest for uranium mines; a quest for knowledge.
- race β Cape, a cape at the SE extremity of Newfoundland.
- venery β the practice or sport of hunting; the chase.