went for
The phrase “went for” has 2 syllables: went for
It's pronounced as /wɛnt fɔr/
What is synonym and antonym for went for?
In the thesaurus, “went for” has 58 synonyms and 23 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for went for along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for went for
- accepted
- acclaimed
- admired
- adored
- applauded
- appreciated
- asked
- bore
- brought
- cherished
- commanded
- commended
- cost
- countenanced
- demanded
- devoured
- dug
- endured
- enjoyed
- exacted
- fancied
- favored
- fetched
- got a charge out of
- got a kick out of
- had a soft spot for
- held with
- idolized
- lauded
- liked
- loved
- okayed
- praised
- preferred
- prized
- ran
- recommended
- relished
- revered
- run
- saluted
- savored
- savoured
- stood by
- supported
- sustained
- tolerated
- took kindly to
- took to
- totaled
- totalled
- treasured
- upheld
- valued
- venerated
- was partial to
- worshiped
- worshipped
Antonyms for went for
- abhorred
- abominated
- blacklisted
- censured
- condemned
- criticized
- damned
- denounced
- deprecated
- depreciated
- despised
- detested
- discountenanced
- disfavored
- disliked
- disparaged
- hated
- loathed
- minded
- opposed
- reprehended
- reprobated
- scorned
Example Sentences
- She went for a walk after dinner to clear her mind.
- He went for the last piece of cake without asking anyone.
- They went for a swim in the lake during the summer.
- The dog went for the ball as soon as it was thrown.
- I went for the job interview even though I was nervous.
On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to went for, such as: abhorred, abominated, accepted, acclaimed, admired, adored, applauded.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
had a soft spot for
accepted
- abided
- abode
- absorbed
- acceded
- acclaimed
- accounted
- accredited
- accustomed
- acknowledged
- acquiesced
- actual
- adopted
- advocated
- agreed
- allowed
- applauded
- approved
- arrived at
- assented
- assumed
- authorized
- backed
- believed
- bided
- bode
- bore
- bought
- brooked
- capitulated
- card-carrying
- ceremonial
- ceremonious
- certified
- championed
- chosen
- commended
- concluded
- confirmed
- consented
- conventional
- correct
- countenanced
- credited
- current
- customary
- decorous
- deduced
- demonstrable
- embraced
- empiric
- empirical
- endorsed
- endured
- enjoyed
- espoused
- established
- existential
- experiential
- experimental
- factual
- fashionable
- favored
- formal
- formalistic
- genteel
- genuine
- hacked
- had
- handled
- hard
- held with
- in vogue
- indisputable
- indorsed
- inferred
- kosher
- lauded
- legit
- liked
- lived with
- material
- met
- methodic
- methodical
- nice
- normal
- objective
- observational
- official
- okayed
- orderly
- orthodox
- passed
- permitted
- pocketed
- polite
- popular
- praised
- preferred
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- proper
- provable
- ratified
- reaccepted
- real
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- received
- recognized
- recommended
- regular
- respectable
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- ritual
- ritualistic
- routine
- saluted
- sanctioned
- seemly
- set store by
- set store on
- shouldered
- standard
- stomached
- stood
- stood by
- stood for
- straight
- stuck out
- suffered
- supported
- supposed
- sustained
- swallowed
- sweat out
- sweated out
- systematic
- time-honored
- tolerated
- took
- took kindly to
- took over
- took up
- toughed it out
- touted
- tried
- tried-and-true
- trusted
- undeniable
- understood
- undertook
- universal
- unopposed
- upheld
- usual
- verifiable
- warranted
- welcomed
- went
- went for
- wore
fancied
- absent
- abstract
- absurd
- admired
- adopted
- adored
- aerial
- airy
- apocryphal
- apparitional
- appreciated
- approved
- assumed
- baseless
- bizarre
- blank
- blue-sky
- capricious
- castles in the air
- cherished
- chimeric
- chimerical
- conceited
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- concocted
- contemplated
- culled
- curious
- daydreamed
- dead
- deceptive
- decided upon
- defunct
- delusive
- departed
- devoured
- dreamed
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- dreamlike
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- dreamy
- dug
- elected
- empty
- endorsed
- enjoyed
- envisaged
- envisioned
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- fabulous
- fairy-tale
- fanciful
- fantasied
- fantasized
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- fantastical
- favored
- featured
- few and far between
- fictional
- fictitious
- fictive
- figmental
- flaky
- flimsy
- floating
- foresaw
- gone
- gossamery
- got a charge out of
- got a kick out of
- groundless
- had a soft spot for
- hallucinated
- hallucinatory
- handpicked
- hypothetical
- ideal
- ideated
- idolized
- illusive
- illusory
- imaged
- imaginary
- imaginative
- imagined
- immaterial
- imponderable
- incredible
- insubstantial
- invented
- kinky
- legendary
- liked
- lost
- loved
- made up
- made-up
- manufactured
- meditated
- missing
- mused
- mythical
- mythological
- named
- negative
- nonexistent
- notional
- null
- null and void
- offbeat
- on cloud nine
- passed away
- passed on
- perished
- phantasmal
- phantasmic
- picked
- pictured
- pie in the sky
- pipe dream
- planned
- poetic
- pondered
- popular
- preferred
- prefigured
- preposterous
- prized
- projected
- quixotic
- re-created
- recreated
- reflected
- relished
- relived
- reminisced
- revered
- ruminated
- sanctioned
- savored
- savoured
- saw
- selected
- set apart
- settled upon
- shadowy
- singled out
- spectral
- stargazed
- supposed
- suppositious
- supposititious
- taken
- tenuous
- theoretical
- thought up
- took to
- treasured
- trumped-up
- ungrounded
- unreal
- unsubstantial
- vacant
- vague
- valued
- vaporous
- venerated
- visionary
- visioned
- visualized
- void
- was partial to
- well-liked
- went for
- whimsical
- wild
- without foundation
- worshiped
- worshipped
savored
- admired
- adored
- appreciate
- appreciated
- aromatized
- cherished
- devoured
- dug
- enhanced
- enjoyed
- enriched
- experience
- fancied
- favored
- feel
- flavored
- gloat
- got a charge out of
- got a kick out of
- had a soft spot for
- idolized
- know
- laced
- like
- liked
- loved
- luxuriate in
- partake
- peppered
- perfumed
- preferred
- prized
- relish
- relished
- revel in
- revered
- salted
- sample
- sauced
- seasoned
- sip
- smack
- smell
- spiced
- taste
- took to
- treasured
- valued
- venerated
- was partial to
- went for
- worshiped
- worshipped
savoured
- admired
- adored
- appreciated
- aromatized
- cherished
- devoured
- dug
- enhanced
- enjoyed
- enriched
- fancied
- favored
- flavored
- got a charge out of
- got a kick out of
- had a soft spot for
- idolized
- laced
- liked
- loved
- peppered
- perfumed
- preferred
- prized
- relished
- revered
- salted
- sauced
- seasoned
- spiced
- took to
- treasured
- valued
- venerated
- was partial to
- went for
- worshiped
- worshipped