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Quest

/kwɛst/

A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.

📖 Definitions of "Quest"

noun

1
A journey or effort in pursuit of a goal (often lengthy, ambitious, or fervent); a mission.
2
The act of seeking, or looking after anything; attempt to find or obtain; search; pursuit.
"to rove in quest of game, of a lost child, of property, etc."
3
Request; desire; solicitation.
4
A group of people making search or inquiry.

verb

7 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
bespeakverb	(transitive) To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance.
pursuitnoun	The act of pursuing.
requestnoun	(transitive or with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).
baynoun	(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
huntnoun	(ambitransitive) To find or search for an animal in the wild with the intention of killing the animal for its meat or for sport.
seekingnoun	The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
seekingnoun	The act of one who seeks; a search or quest to find something.
pursuitnoun	The act of pursuing.
requestnoun	A formal message requesting something.
bespeaknoun	(archaic) A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron.
call forverb	(figuratively) To request, demand.
huntnoun	The act of hunting.
baynoun	(geography) A body of water (especially the sea) contained by a concave shoreline.
explorationnoun	The process of exploring.
seeknoun	(ambitransitive) To try to find; to look for; to search for.
searchnoun	The act of searching in general.
seekernoun	One who seeks.
lookupnoun	The process of locating a term in a reference work.
attainmentnoun	The act of attaining; the act of arriving at or reaching; the act of obtaining by exertion or effort.
searchingnoun	Search; hunt.
attempted	Tried, with the connotation of failure.
attemptnoun	The action of trying at something.
achievementnoun	The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
retrievalnoun	The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
findingnoun	A result of research or an investigation.
endeavouringnoun	Alternative form of endeavoring. [The act by which one endeavors or strives; an attempt.]