Chase
Pursuit
Pursuit noun - The act of going after or in the tracks of another.
Usage example: the cat ran down the street with a pair of dogs in pursuit
Chase is a synonym for pursuit in sport topic. You can use "Chase" instead a noun "Pursuit", if it concerns topics such as seek, event, hunt, pursuing. popular alternative
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| long | long chase | long pursuit |
| usual | usual chase | usual pursuit |
| brief | brief chase | brief pursuit |
| fast | fast chase | fast pursuit |
| Other adjectives: relentless, single, actual, entire, constant, violent, furious, frantic, slow, angry, hot, final, comical, destructive, subsequent, non-stop, lengthy, obsessive, high-speed. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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From Roger Ebert's dictionary of movie clichés, fast chase scenes require a fruitcart being plowed into, preferably by a Red Shirt in hot pursuit.
Source: Fruit Cart - The Dukes of Hazzard always has a car chase that ended with the General Lee jumping over a conveniently placed ramp to escape pursuit.
Source: Once per Episode -
During the Weaselton chase, Judy is clearly better suited for pursuit than Officer McHorn.
Source: Disney / Zootopia
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Pursuit and Chase. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/chase/pursuit
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