" casting about "

1: as in looking, reaching;

•  Synonyms : 

•  hunting,

•  looking,

•  reaching,

•  seeking (out),

•  grabbling,

•  capturing,

•  clutching,

•  corralling,

•  getting,

•  grabbing,

•  nabbing,

•  nailing,

•  seizing,

•  snatching,

•  feeling,

•  fishing,

•  fumbling,

•  groping,

•  scrabbling,

•  combing,

•  digging (through),

•  dredging,

•  raking,

•  ransacking,

•  rifling,

•  rummaging,

•  scouring

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: to go in search of;

  * e.g., " ... cast about for an answer to the question of why so many people had ignored the victim's cries for help "

•  Synonyms : 

•  cast around (for),

•  chase (down),

•  forage (for),

•  hunt,

•  look up,

•  pursue,

•  quest,

•  search (for or out),

•  seek,

•  shop (for)

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)