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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I’m looking for A.I. to help me jot down and store my thoughts in the right place when I’m not in a position to easily do that.

From Slate • May 24, 2026

That’s why the company spent years looking for a fabric that makes new models less noisy than their predecessors.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Even though Tanzania levies a 35% import tax on used clothes, Ilala is still overflowing with customers looking for cheap clothes.

From BBC • May 23, 2026

“A lot of them are looking for information,” Montanchez said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

She had become so obsessed with finding my name she forgot why she was looking for it in the first place.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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