Search and Want

Search

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

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Want and search are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Want" instead a noun "Search".

Want verb - Hunt or look for; want for a particular reason.

Usage example: Uncle Sam wants you

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

Nearby Words: wanting, wanted

complete	complete search	complete want
actual	actual search	actual want
constant	constant search	constant want
big	big search	big want
Other adjectives: new, desperate, unreasonable, ruthless, mad, failed.

While he is shown to be brooding and single-minded in his search for Marcus, it's telling that he doesn't want to kill anyone needlessly.

Source: Anime / Highlander: The Search for Vengeance
And, in both cases, you can search the houses in whatever order you want, but your target is always in the last one you search.

Source: Schrödinger's Gun
You might want to dump it in a search engine before you use it, to verify whether it just happens to have a meaning.

Source: So You Want To / Avoid Writing A Mary Sue

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

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

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

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