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cast about

VERB
flounder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flop stumble wallow
STRONG
blunder bobble flummox fumble grope labor lurch muddle plunge pratfall snafu strive thrash toil toss travail tumble
WEAK
come apart at the seams drop the ball fall down foul up go at backwards go to pieces make a mess of miss one's cue screw up slip up stub one's toe trip up work at
Antonyms
STRONG
idle laze
WEAK
do well succeed
VERB
forage
Synonyms
STRONGEST
comb rummage scour scrounge
STRONG
beat explore grub hunt pilfer plunder raid rake ransack ravage seek
WEAK
fine-tooth-comb
Antonyms
STRONG
aid assist give guard help neglect protect receive
VERB
grabble
Synonyms
WEAK
examine explore feel feel blindly finger fish flounder fumble handle manipulate poke pry root scrabble search touch
VERB
grope
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flounder
STRONG
examine explore finger fish fumble handle manipulate poke pry root scrabble search touch
WEAK
feel blindly grabble
Antonyms
STRONG
leave alone
VERB
hunt
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drag examine forage go after interrogate investigate prowl scour seek
STRONG
delve grope inquire probe quest question ransack rummage sift trace trail winnow
WEAK
be on the lookout ferret out fish for look all over hell look high and low nose around run down scratch around search high heaven try to find
Antonyms
STRONGEST
answer ignore reply rush
WEAK
let go neglect
VERB
search
Synonyms
STRONGEST
check comb examine explore go through hunt hunt for inspect investigate look probe ransack scan scour scout scrutinize seek sift
STRONG
beat ferret forage frisk grope grub inquire prospect pry quest rake root rummage study
WEAK
beat about chase after go in quest of go over with a fine-tooth comb gun for leave no stone unturned look for look high and low look over poke into rifle through run down shake down smell around track down turn inside out turn upside down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignore neglect overlook
STRONG
cover
WEAK
find
VERB
seek
Synonyms
STRONGEST
explore follow investigate pursue
STRONG
chase comb delve dragnet fan fish hunt inquire mouse nose prowl quest ransack root scout scratch
WEAK
be after beat the bushes bird-dog bob for delve for dig for ferret out fish for go after gun for leave no stone unturned look about look around look high and low run after search for search out sniff out track down
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ignore shun
WEAK
answer find neglect reply

Example Sentences

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Rosta was cast about two weeks before “Starfleet Academy” started shooting, but the first table read made it clear to Landau and Kurtzman they had chosen correctly.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026

The colonists cast about for another means of ensuring that these judges would be independent, sensitive to local interests, and not entirely beholden to the king.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2025

Stokes is the headliner of all-star ensemble cast about to tell a story overflowing with subplots.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2023

“It would be easy, under this new cloud of doubt cast about Mr. Golubski, to use that as leverage to secure relief from conviction,” Sundby said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 21, 2022

Desperately, he cast about for something to say.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright