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- verb search anxiously
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synonyms (93)
Words with the same meaning
- about ship
- agonize over
- angle for
- ask for
- back and fill
- be at sea
- be hard put
- be uncertain
- bear away
- bear off
- bear to starboard
- beat
- beat about for
- box off
- break
- bring about
- bring round
- cant
- cant round
- cast
- cast about
- change course
- change the heading
- come about
- delve for
- dig for
- double a point
- doubt
- feel around
- feel for
- feel unsure
- fetch about
- fish for
- flounder
- follow
- fumble
- go about
- go gunning for
- grabble
- grope
- grope for
- gun for
- gybe
- have trouble
- heave round
- hunt
- hunt for
- hunt up
- jibe
- jibe all standing
- labor under difficulties
- look
- look for
- look up
- miss stays
- ply
- poke around
- prowl after
- pry around
- pursue
- put about
- put back
- puzzle over
- quest
- question
- round a point
- scrabble
- search for
- see to
- seek
- seek for
- sheer
- shift
- slew
- still-hunt
- struggle
- swerve
- swing round
- swing the stern
- tack
- thrash about
- throw about
- try to find
- turn
- turn back
- veer
- walk on eggshells
- wear
- wear ship
- wind
- wonder
- wonder whether
- yaw
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