looking for

ADJECTIVE

expectant

Synonyms

WEAK

alert anticipative anxious apprehensive awaiting breathless eager expecting hopeful hoping in suspense on edge on tenterhooks prepared raring ready vigilant waiting waiting on watchful with bated breath

ADJECTIVE

vigilant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

anxious attentive aware cautious circumspect keen observant wary

WEAK

acute agog alert guarded looking to on alert on guard on the ball on the job on the lookout on the qui vive on toes open-eyed sharp sleepless unsleeping waiting on wakeful wide-awake with eyes peeled with weather eye open

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless heedless ignorant inattentive incautious indifferent indiscreet rash thoughtless unaware uncareful unobservant

WEAK

impulsive negligent

Example Sentences

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The roughly 2,800-square-foot unit is located at 160 Leroy Street, which draws buyers looking for anonymity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026

The game follows Kenway, also from Swansea, as he sails to the Caribbean as a privateer looking for wealth, and evolves into a pirate, then assassin.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2026

Genesis Ramirez, 34, a hairdresser, was looking for her nieces in the wreckage of one building.

From Barron's • Jul. 8, 2026

Bijou Phillips says she is looking for a new kidney again after receiving one ‘from a dear friend’ in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2026

I’d titled it “Missed Connections” and added something about hoping everyone found the person they were looking for.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

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