quest Definition
quest (kwest)
noun
- a seeking; hunt; pursuit
- in medieval romance, a chivalric journey undertaken by a knight in order to procure or achieve a particular object or end
- any journey or undertaking in pursuit of a typically lofty or noble goal
- Archaic a jury of inquest
Etymology: ME < OFr queste < ML questa < VL *quaesita, thing sought for < L quaesitus, pp. of quaerere, to seek, ask, inquire
intransitive verb
- to follow the track of game, or to bay in pursuit of game, as hounds do
- to go in search
transitive verb
to search for; seek
quest Related Forms
quest′er noun
quest Synonyms
quest Usage Examples
Converse of object
- never-end: Her never-ending quest to ' upset the status quo ' is akin to a snake eating its tail.
- abandon: Look what happens, he said, when the church abandons the quest for Jesus.
- fulfill: However, unlike Odysseus, IT managers must not simply avoid either fate: Instead, they must fulfill both quests.
- begin: Alerted to a new danger by the murder of a fellow immortal, Sam begins an epic quest to find the mysterious Pandora Keys.
- pursue: Patrick Clayton left to pursue the quest his own way via the Desert Survey.
Preposition: for
- perfection: But has Google taken their quest for perfection a few steps too far?
- immortality: The quest for divine immortality is a main thread of all the ancient myths associated with this constellation.
- vengeance: It's a story of a long-term quest for vengeance with a bizarre outcome.
- enlightenment: The Teahouse is where you meet your mentor and devoutly perform the ritual of tea ceremony as part of your quest for spontaneous enlightenment.
- domination: Not so AK, whose quest for domination of the Hammersmith stretch has now extended to trying to force the sailors off the river.
- stardom: Andrea Walker In her quest for stardom Andrea has been doing the gig circuit this month.
Adjective modifier
- perilous: Plot Outline: Jason sets out on a perilous quest to find the Golden Fleece and leads a team of adventurers called the Argonauts.
- northern: Northern quest he the eu argued is no doubt.
- ceaseless: For me knowledge is a ceaseless quest for truth.
- relentless: Ceri Jones Food companies are looking to each other in the relentless quest for growth and higher margins.
- fruitless: And it has continued to be a fruitless quest.
- spiritual: These pieces have an over-riding very, distant spiritual quest built into them.
Noun used with modifier
- epic: John Walsh goes on an epic quest Looking for the perfect picnic white, or a fresh summer rosé ?
- laser: We hold events for everyone from drag queens to rock, cheese to beer, and ice skating to laser quest.
- vision: And, of course, the Green Dragon rolling forever onwards, a continual vision quest.
Browse dictionary entries near quest
- ‹ Quesnay
- ‹ quesadilla
- ‹ ques
- ‹ query
- ‹ querulous
- ‹ quern
- ‹ querist
- ‹ quercitron
- ‹ quercine
- ‹ quercetin

