noun
Meaning 1
One who seeks.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
seeker
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsiːkə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈsikəɹ/
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rhymes with -iːkə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: S IY1 K ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 4
A member of an English Protestant dissenting group that emerged around the 1620s; they considered organised churches to be corrupt and preferred to wait for God's revelation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
Topics: Christianity
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noun
Meaning 5
a missile equipped with a device that is attracted toward some kind of emission (heat or light or sound or radio waves)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: projectile, missile
noun
Meaning 6
someone making a search or inquiry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they are seekers after truth
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: searcher, quester
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
Narrower terms: finder, gadabout, hunter
History
Etymology
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), equivalent to seek + -er. Compare Saterland Frisian Säiker (“seeker”), West Frisian syker (“seeker”), Dutch zoeker (“seeker”), German Low German Söker (“seeker”), German Sucher (“seeker”).
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: търсач (tǎrsač) — one who seeks
- Czech: hledač — one who seeks
- Czech: uchazeč — one who seeks
- Dutch: zoeker — one who seeks
- Esperanto: serĉisto — one who seeks
- Finnish: etsijä — one who seeks
- Finnish: tavoittelija — one who seeks
- Finnish: pyrkijä — one who seeks
- Finnish: hakija — one who seeks
- French: demandeur — one who seeks
- German: Suchender — one who seeks
- German: Sucher — one who seeks
- German: Sucherin — one who seeks
- Gothic: 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (sōkareis) — one who seeks
- Greek: αναζητητής (anazititís) — one who seeks
- Ancient Greek: ζητητής (zētētḗs) — one who seeks
- Hebrew: מחפש (mekhapés) — one who seeks
- Hindi: साधक (sādhak) — one who seeks
- Hindi: जिज्ञासु (jijñāsu) — one who seeks
- Irish: sirtheoir — one who seeks
- Macedonian: ба́рач (bárač) — one who seeks
- Macedonian: ба́рател (báratel) — one who seeks
- Macedonian: тра́гач (trágač) — one who seeks
- Norwegian: søker — one who seeks
- Portuguese: buscante — one who seeks
- Russian: иска́тель (iskátelʹ) — one who seeks
- Russian: иска́тельница (iskátelʹnica) — one who seeks
- Russian: и́щущий (íščuščij) — one who seeks
- Russian: и́щущая (íščuščaja) — one who seeks
- Serbo-Croatian: tragač — one who seeks
- Slovene: iskalec — one who seeks
- Slovene: iskalka — one who seeks
- Spanish: buscador — one who seeks
- Spanish: buscante — one who seeks
- Slovene: iskatelj — religious seeker
- Slovene: iskalka — religious seeker
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