HUNTING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for HUNTING?

Need another word that means the same as “hunting”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “hunting” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Hunting” are: hunt, search, blood sports, field sports, stalking, trapping, coursing, fox hunting, the chase

Hunting as a Noun

Definitions of "Hunting" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “hunting” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A simple system of changes in which bells move through the order in a regular progression.
• The pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport.
• The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
• The work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts.
• The activity of hunting wild animals or game.
• The activity of searching for something.

Synonyms of "Hunting" as a noun (9 Words)

blood sports	A dissolute man in fashionable society.
coursing	Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport. Hare coursing.
field sports	A branch of knowledge.
fox hunting	A shifty deceptive person.
hunt	An area where hunting takes place. The hunt for submarines.
search	An act or instance of searching a database or the World Wide Web. I did a search for creative writing courses at UK universities and came up with 422.
stalking	A hunt for game carried on by following it stealthily or waiting in ambush.
the chase	A rectangular metal frame used in letterpress printing to hold together the pages or columns of composed type that are printed at one time.
trapping	A device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.

Usage Examples of "Hunting" as a noun

• They talked about going hunting.
• House-hunting.
• Whale hunting is unnecessary.

Associations of "Hunting" (30 Words)

antelope	A swift-running deerlike ruminant with smooth hair and upward-pointing horns, of a group native to Africa and Asia that includes the gazelles, impala, gnus, and elands.
befuddle	Make stupid with alcohol. This question befuddled even the teacher.
boar	The flesh of the wild boar as food.
caliber	Diameter of a tube or gun barrel. An executive of low caliber.
coyote	A person who smuggles people from Latin America across the US border, typically for a very high fee. At the bus station there were coyotes offering to drive us to Los Angeles.
deer	Distinguished from Bovidae by the male’s having solid deciduous antlers.
entrap	Trick (someone) into committing a crime in order to secure their prosecution. Discarded fishing lines can entrap wildlife.
extirpation	Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
forage	Obtain (food or provisions) by searching. The animals forage in the woods.
fox	The grey or reddish brown fur of a fox. To his mind everybody was dodging and foxing.
gun	A person who shoots a gun as regards their ability. A grease gun.
hound	Used in names of dogfishes e g nurse hound smooth hound. He has a reputation as a publicity hound.
hunt	An association of people who meet regularly to hunt especially with hounds. He desperately hunted for a new job.
musket	A muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen. A volley of musket fire.
pistol	Shoot someone with a pistol. When we first met he was a pistol full of ideals and a natural leader.
poach	Cook in a simmering liquid. People are poaching elephants for their ivory.
rifle	A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore. Who rifled through my desk drawers.
scour	A place that is scoured especially by running water. The scour of the tide may cause lateral erosion.
search	Subject to a search. Users will abandon a site if the search function doesn t work well.
seek	Inquire for. Seek a position.
shooting	The right of shooting game over an area of land. I often feel a shooting pain at the end of my left arm.
shot	A ball of stone or metal used as a missile shot from a large gun or cannon. His parting shot was drop dead.
slaughter	Kill a large number of people indiscriminately. The slaughter of 20 peaceful demonstrators.
sow	Introduce into an environment. The new policy has sown confusion and doubt.
trapped	Forced to turn and face attackers. Like a trapped animal.
wildebeest	Large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail.
witch	A woman who is bewitchingly attractive. She witched Jake.
wolf	Used in names of mammals similar or related to the wolf e g maned wolf Tasmanian wolf. The teenager wolfed down the pizza.