quest

The word “quest” has 1 syllable: quest.

It's pronounced as /kwɛst/.


What is synonym and antonym for quest?

In the thesaurus, “quest” has 19 synonyms and 6 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for quest along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for quest

  • adventure
  • chase
  • claim
  • crusade
  • demand
  • expedition
  • hunt
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • journey
  • pilgrimage
  • probe
  • pursue
  • pursuit
  • request
  • require
  • research
  • search
  • seek

Antonyms for quest

  • give up
  • hide
  • lose
  • retreat
  • surrender
  • yield

Meanings of quest

  • noun
    1. A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
    2. The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
    3. Request; desire; solicitation.
    4. A group of people making search or inquiry.
    5. Inquest; jury of inquest.
  • verb
    1. To seek or pursue a goal; to undertake a mission or job.
    2. To search for; to examine.
    3. (of a tick) To locate and attach to a host animal.

Example Sentences

  • The knight embarked on a perilous quest to rescue the captured princess.
  • In his quest for knowledge, the scholar traveled to distant lands.
  • The protagonist's quest for justice formed the central theme of the novel.
  • Our team is on a continuous quest for innovation and improvement.
  • She dedicated her life to the quest for inner peace and enlightenment.

On this page you'll find 25 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to quest, such as: adventure, chase, claim, crusade, demand, expedition, give up.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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absolute

  • arbitrary
  • authoritarian
  • categorical
  • clear
  • complete
  • conclusive
  • decisive
  • definite
  • definitive
  • determinate
  • determinative
  • dictatorial
  • exact
  • excellent
  • factual
  • flawless
  • full
  • genuine
  • ideal
  • infallible
  • infinite
  • last
  • oppressive
  • outright
  • perfect
  • prime
  • pure
  • sheer
  • simple
  • total
  • tyrannic
  • ultimate
  • unadulterated
  • unconditional
  • undeniable
  • unequivocal
  • unlimited
  • unmitigated
  • unqualified
  • unquestionable
  • utter

absolutely

  • actually
  • categorically
  • certainly
  • completely
  • definitely
  • doubtless
  • downright
  • entirely
  • exactly
  • fully
  • positively
  • precisely
  • quite
  • really
  • surely
  • thoroughly
  • totally
  • truly
  • unconditionally
  • unquestionably
  • utterly
  • wholly

abstruseness

  • complexity
  • complication
  • conundrum
  • difficulty
  • enigma
  • impenetrability
  • obtuseness
  • problem
  • profoundness
  • puzzlement
  • question
  • riddle
  • secrecy
  • subtlety
  • thriller

accepting

  • acceptance
  • acknowledgment
  • admiring
  • admission
  • affirmation
  • appreciative
  • approval
  • approving
  • assuming
  • authorization
  • bearing
  • belief
  • believing
  • commendatory
  • compliance
  • complimentary
  • confident
  • consent
  • convinced
  • cooperation
  • corroboration
  • cynical
  • depressing
  • embracing
  • endorsement
  • enduring
  • evidence
  • expectation
  • favorable
  • favoring
  • flattering
  • friendly
  • green light
  • guess
  • handling
  • having
  • hunch
  • hypothesis
  • inference
  • lenient
  • magnanimous
  • merciful
  • okay
  • passage
  • permission
  • pessimistic
  • positive
  • premise
  • presumption
  • proof
  • recognition
  • resigned
  • secure
  • shouldering
  • standing
  • supporting
  • supportive
  • supposition
  • suspicion
  • taking
  • testimony
  • theory
  • tolerating
  • trusting
  • undertaking
  • unquestioning
  • unsuspecting
  • verification
  • warm
  • yes

bandied

  • answer
  • argued
  • battle
  • bicker
  • bunt
  • challenge
  • clash
  • consider
  • contend
  • contest
  • debated
  • deliberate
  • deliver
  • disagree
  • discussed
  • dispute
  • drive
  • face
  • fight
  • fire
  • fling
  • flip
  • force
  • heave
  • hurl
  • lift
  • lob
  • oppose
  • pitch
  • play
  • push
  • put
  • quarrel
  • question
  • quibble
  • send
  • shove
  • spar
  • squabble
  • start
  • substitute
  • swap
  • switch
  • thrust
  • trade
  • try
  • vie
  • wrangle
  • wrestle

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