quest

1. 1.

   a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria

   “the pursuit of love”

   “life is more than the pursuance of fame”

   “a quest for wealth”

   Synonymspursuitpursuance

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   Narrowerwild-goose chase
2. 2.

   the act of searching for something

   “a quest for diamonds”

   Synonymsseeking

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Other forms of quest

plural

quests·

past tense

quested·

present participle

questing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about quest

What does quest mean?

quest means "make a search (for)". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in quest?

quest has 1 syllable: quest. In IPA it is /ˈkwɛst/.

What is another word for quest?

Close synonyms include bay, request, ask for, bespeak, call for. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is quest a common word?

quest is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with quest?

3 words rhyme with quest. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.