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SEEKER

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("seeker" is a kind of...):

missile; projectile (a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone making a search or inquiry

Example:

they are seekers after truth

Synonyms:

quester; searcher; seeker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("seeker" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "seeker"):

finder (someone who comes upon something after searching)

gadabout (a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship)

hunter (a person who searches for something)

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