Term: wild-goose chase: the fruitless pursuit of something unattainable
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: poison milkweed: milkweed of southwestern United States and Mexico; poisonous to livestock
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: gin and tonic: gin and quinine water
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: classroom project: a school task requiring considerable effort
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: chief financial officer: the corporate executive having financial authority to make appropriations and authorize expenditures for a firm
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: tung oil: a yellow oil obtained from the seeds of the tung tree
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: gonadotropin: hormone secreted by the anterior pituitary gland and placenta; stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: studio couch: convertible consisting of an upholstered couch that can be converted into a double bed
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: etiolation: the act of weakening by stunting the growth or development of something
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: construal: an interpretation of the meaning of something; the act of construing
Broader: pursuit: a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria | Unrelated: waterhouse-friderichsen syndrome: syndrome associated with bacterial meningitis; marked by sudden high fever and skin discoloration and petechiae with hemorrhage into the adrenal glands and cardiovascular collapse