Synonyms of the word

scout

• n. A person sent out to gain and bring in tidings; especially, one employed in war to gain information about…
• n. An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
• n. A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the…
• n. A person who assesses and/or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf…
• n. (Britain) A college student's or undergraduate's servant; -- so called in Oxford, England; at Cambridge…
• n. (Britain, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.
• n. (historical, Britain, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search; to reconnoiter.
• v. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as…
• v. (transitive) To reject with contempt.
• v. (intransitive) To scoff.
• n. (dated) A swift sailing boat.
• n. (archaic) A projecting rock.

boy

• n. A young male, particularly.
• n. (diminutive) A male child: a son of any age.
• n. (affectionate, diminutive) A male of any age, particularly one rather younger than the speaker.
• n. (obsolete) A male of low station, (especially as pejorative) a worthless male, a wretch; a mean and dishonest…
• n. (now rare and usually offensive outside some Commonwealth nations) A male servant, slave, assistant, or…
• n. (now offensive) Any non-white male, regardless of age.
• n. (in affectionate address) A male animal, especially a male dog.
• n. (historical, military) A former low rank of various armed services; a holder of this rank.
• n. (US, slang) Heroin.
• interj. Exclamation of surprise, pleasure or longing.
• v. to use the word boy to refer to someone.
• v. (transitive) to act as a boy (in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage).

expert

• adj. Extraordinarily capable or knowledgeable.
• adj. Characteristic of an expert.
• n. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
• n. (chess) A player ranking just below master.

girl

• n. A female child, adolescent, or young woman; by extension, a young female animal.
• n. Any woman, regardless of her age. (see usage notes).
• n. A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes).
• n. (uncommon, card games) A queen (the playing card.).
• n. (colloquial) A term of endearment. (see usage notes).
• n. One's girlfriend.
• n. One's daughter.
• n. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A roebuck two years old.
• n. (US, slang) Cocaine, especially in powder form.
• v. (transitive) To feminize or girlify.

guide

• n. Someone who guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer…
• n. A document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
• n. A sign that guides people; guidepost.
• n. Any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
• n. A device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
• n. (occult) A spirit believed to speak through a medium.
• n. (military) A member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for…
• v. to serve as a guide for someone or something; to lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or path.
• v. to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
• v. to exert control or influence over someone or something.
• v. to supervise the education or training of someone.
• v. (intransitive) to act as a guide.

lookout

• n. A vantage point with a view of the surrounding area.
• n. A person on watch for approaching enemy, police, etc.
• n. A subject for observation; a prospect or view.
• n. One's perspective, outlook; hence, one's responsibility. (used with a possessive pronoun or a noun in…

observe

• v. (transitive) To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
• v. (transitive) To follow or obey the custom, practice, or rules (especially of a religion).
• v. (intransitive) To comment on something; to make an observation.

pathfinder

• n. One who discovers a way or path; one who explores untraversed regions.
• n. One who first does something; a pioneer.

picket

• n. A stake driven into the ground.
• n. (historical) A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the…
• n. A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls.
• n. (military) Soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance…
• n. A sentry. Can be used figuratively.
• n. A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the…
• n. (card games) The card game piquet.
• v. (intransitive) To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment.
• v. (transitive) To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes.
• v. (transitive) To tether to, or as if to, a picket.
• v. (transitive) To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket.
• v. (obsolete, transitive) To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

reconnoiter

• v. (transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout…
• n. An act or instance of reconnoitering.

reconnoitre

• v. (transitive, intransitive, military) To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout…
• v. (obsolete) To recognise.
• n. An act or instance of reconnoitring.

recruiter

• n. Agent noun of recruit; one who recruits, particularly one employed to recruit others.

sentinel

• n. A sentry or guard.
• n. (computer science) a unique string of characters recognised by a computer program for processing in a…
• n. Watch; guard.
• n. A sentinel crab.
• v. (transitive) To watch over as a guard.
• v. (transitive) To post as guard.
• v. (transitive) To post a guard for.

sentry

• n. A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
• n. (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
• n. (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.

spotter

• n. A person who observes something.
• n. (military) A member of a sniper team.
• n. (weightlifting, gymnastics, climbing) One who supervises a person performing an activity, in order to…
• n. (US) A banksman or dogman.

watch

• n. A portable or wearable timepiece.
• n. The act of guarding and observing someone or something.
• n. A particular time period when guarding is kept.
• n. A person or group of people who guard.
• n. The post or office of a watchman; also, the place where a watchman is posted, or where a guard is kept.
• n. (nautical) A group of sailors and officers aboard a ship or shore station with a common period of duty:…
• n. (nautical) A period of time on duty, usually four hours in length; the officers and crew who tend the…
• n. The act of seeing, or viewing, for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To look at, see, or view for a period of time.
• v. (transitive) To observe over a period of time; to notice or pay attention.
• v. (transitive) To mind, attend, or guard.
• v. (transitive) To be wary or cautious of.
• v. (transitive) To attend to dangers to or regarding.
• v. (intransitive) To remain awake with a sick or dying person; to maintain a vigil.
• v. (intransitive) To be vigilant or on one's guard.
• v. (intransitive) To act as a lookout.
• v. (nautical, of a buoy) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place.
• v. (obsolete, intransitive) To be awake.

watcher

• n. someone who watches or observes.
• n. someone who keeps vigil.
• n. a guard.

watchman

• n. One set to watch; a person who keeps guard, especially one who guards a building, or the streets of a…