seeker
Syllables: seek·er/ˈsiːkə/US/ˈsikəɹ/
seeker noun: one who seeks.
Noun (1)
seeker (plural seekers)
- One who seeks.
- Especially, a religious seeker: a pilgrim, or one who aspires to enlightenment or salvation.
- But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 23
- In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.
Noun (2) capitalized: Seeker
Seeker (plural Seekers)
- 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.
seeker meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
seeker in Hindi
- one who seeks
- साधक sādhak, जिज्ञासु jijñāsu
seeker in Tamil
- தேடுகோல், ஆய்வார்வலர், தேடுபவர், ஆராய்பவர்
seeker in Marathi
- शोधणारा
seeker in Urdu
- seeker
- طلب گار talab gār
More languagesFewer languages
- seeker in Bengali
- তালিব talibo
- seeker in Telugu
- అన్వేషించేవాడు
- seeker in Malayalam
- അന്വേഷിക്കുന്നയാൾ, തേടുന്നയാൾ
- seeker in Gujarati
- શોધ કરનાર
- seeker in Pashto
- طالب tālib
Examples of seeker in a sentence
- We should not condone the assignment of asylum seekers to that of people smugglers.
- She's such an attention seeker she'd turn up to the opening of an envelope!
- How many job seekers did you knock back today?
Forms of seeker
| plural | seekers |
|---|---|
| plural | Seekers |
Origin of seeker
From Middle English sekar, sekere (also sechar, sechere), from Old English *sēċare, from Proto-West Germanic *sōkārī, from Proto-Germanic *sōkārijaz. Equivalent to seek + -er. Cognate with Dutch zoeker, German Sucher, German Low German Söker, Gothic 𐍃𐍉𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (sōkareis), Norwegian søker, Saterland Frisian Säiker, West Frisian syker, and Yiddish זוכער (zukher).
Words formed from seeker
Phrases with seeker
Words that rhyme with seeker
Questions about seeker
- What does seeker mean?
- Seeker means one who seeks.
- What is seeker in Hindi?
- Seeker in Hindi is साधक (sādhak), जिज्ञासु (jijñāsu). See Seeker meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is seeker?
- Seeker is a noun.
- How do you pronounce seeker?
- Seeker is pronounced /ˈsiːkə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of seeker?
- The plural of seeker is seekers.
Words near seeker in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: seeker (page history and authors); Seeker (page history and authors); seeker (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); seeker (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); طلب گار (Urdu) (page history and authors); তালিব (Bengali) (page history and authors); seeker (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seeker (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); seeker (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); طالب (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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