Search and Trail

Search

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

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Trail and search are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trail" instead the word "Search" as a verb or a noun.

Trail verb - To go after or on the track of.

Usage example: we trailed our friend into the woods, inadvertently spoiling his plans for a solitary hike

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Search and trail are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Search" instead the word "Trail" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: trailed, trailer, trailing

long	long search	long trail
endless	endless search	endless trail
actual	actual search	actual trail
massive	massive search	massive trail
Other adjectives: huge, later, subsequent, lengthy.

car

search car

trail car

In a Genre Savvy — but ultimately bad — decision, Azula follows the trail herself, but sends her minions to search for the other members of the Gaang.

Source: Trail of Bread Crumbs
Batman Gambit: The Chronoberry Pie gets Winterbottom to undo some of the things he's done in search of pie...by guiding him with a trail of pie.

Source: Video Game / The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Australian cop Calliope Skouros goes to an apartment on the trail of a Serial Killer after backtracking a suspicious Internet search.

Source: Alone with the Psycho

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Trail and Search. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/search/trail

Search & Trail. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/search/trail>.

Trail or Search. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/search/trail.

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