Retrieve and Search

Retrieve

Retrieve verb - To get again in one's possession.

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Search and retrieve are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Search" instead a verb "Retrieve".

Search verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

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Retrieve and search are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Retrieve" instead a verb "Search".

heart	retrieve heart	search heart
body	retrieve body	search body
eye	retrieve eye	search eye
time	retrieve time	search time
Other words: belongings, corpse, car, ship, bodies.

The protagonist of "Araby" from Dubliners promises to retrieve something for his crush, as if he were a knight heading for the holy land in search for a sacred relic.

Source: Fetch Quest
However, chameleon Pascal and horse Maximus lose the gold bands, triggering a frenzied search to retrieve them.Greno and Howard started the film after a popular demand.

Source: Disney / Tangled Ever After
It features the adventures of Max, Rex and Zoey, a trio of dinosaur-loving kids who search for dinosaur cards scattered all over the world before the Alpha Gang—a team of stranded time-travelers responsible for the appearance of the cards—can retrieve them.

Source: Video Game / Dinosaur King

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Search and Retrieve. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/retrieve/search

Retrieve & Search. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/retrieve/search>.

Search or Retrieve. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/retrieve/search.

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