seeker
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seeker¹
- /ˈsiːkə/ UK
- /ˈsikəɹ/ US
Rhymes with -iːkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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).
noun 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.
- In Quidditch or Muggle quidditch, the player who is supposed to catch the snitch.
Seeker²
noun 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: searcher, search, quest, investigator, researcher, requestor, requester, requisitioner, claimant, originator, applicant, catcher, petitioner, supplicant, plaintiff, scientist
Translations
Talk about this word "seeker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/seeker. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. seeker. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/seeker "seeker." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/seeker.Cite this
@misc{seeker_2026,
title = {seeker},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/seeker},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
