quests

Epic noble missions

Quests are journeys or pursuits in search of something, especially in fantasy and gaming contexts where a quest is a mission assigned to a character: The wizard sent them on a quest for the ancient sword.

More broadly, any determined search qualifies: her quest for meaning, the quest for knowledge.

To quest is to search or seek: questing after truth.

adventure

expedition

Organized exploratory journey

  • journeyTravel from place to place
  • odysseyExtended adventurous journey
  • sagaExtended heroic narrative

pilgrimage · voyage · trek · exploration · crusade · campaign · epic · hero · grail · dragon

pursuit

mission

Purpose-driven task

objective · goal · assignment · operation · purpose · ambition · calling · duty · charge · task

search

seeker

One who looks

riddle · mystery · hunt · trail · map · fetch · gather · collect · investigate · locate

Categories
Opposites
purposeful seeking vs. finding/completion

questsdiscoveries

Newly revealed facts

finds · attainments · achievements · acquisitions · goals

directed purpose vs. aimless activity

questswanderings

Aimless, extended travels

meanderings · ramblings · vagrancy · loitering · dawdling

active pursuit vs. passive states

questssurrenders

Ceases resistance formally

abandonments · resignations · acceptances · contentment · satisfaction

Phrases
Family

question, quest, questioning, questionable, questioned, inquest, questing, quested, questionably

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