Synonyms of the word sleuth


SLEUTHDETECTIVE - MONITOR - SLEUTHHOUND - SNOOP - SPY - STAG - SUPERVISE

sleuth

  • n. (obsolete) An animal’s trail or track.
  • n. (archaic) A sleuth-hound; a bloodhound.
  • n. A detective.
  • v. (intransitive, transitive) To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime.
  • n. (obsolete, uncountable) Slowness; laziness, sloth.
  • n. (rare) A collective term for a group of bears.

detective

  • n. (law enforcement) A police officer who looks for evidence as part of solving a crime; an investigator.
  • n. A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.

monitor

  • n. Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone.
  • n. A device that detects and informs on the presence, quantity, etc., of something.
  • n. (computing) A device similar to a television set used as to give a graphical display of the output from…
  • n. (computing) A program for viewing and editing.
  • n. (Britain, archaic) A student leader in a class.
  • n. (nautical) One of a class of relatively small armored warships designed for shore bombardment or riverine…
  • n. (archaic) An ironclad.
  • n. A monitor lizard.
  • n. (obsolete) One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction…
  • n. (engineering) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on…
  • n. A monitor nozzle.
  • v. (transitive) To watch over; to guard.

sleuthhound

  • n. A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal.
  • n. (informal) a detective, a sleuth.

snoop

  • v. To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
  • v. To secretly spy on or investigate, especially into the private personal life of others.
  • n. The act of snooping.
  • n. One who snoops.
  • n. A private detective.

spy

  • n. A person who secretly watches and examines the actions of other individuals or organizations and gathers…
  • v. (intransitive) To act as a spy.
  • v. (transitive) To spot; to catch sight of.
  • v. (intransitive) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.
  • v. (transitive) To explore; to see; to view; inspect and examine secretly, as a country.

stag

  • n. An adult male deer.
  • n. A colt, or filly.
  • n. (by extension, obsolete) A romping girl.
  • n. An improperly or late castrated bull or ram – also called a bull seg (see note under ox).
  • n. An outside irregular dealer in stocks, who is not a member of the exchange.
  • n. One who applies for the allotment of shares in new projects, with a view to sell immediately at a premium,…
  • n. The Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes.
  • n. (usually attributive) An unmarried male, a bachelor; a male not accompanying a female at a social event.
  • n. A social event for males held in honor of a groom on the eve of his wedding, attended by male friends…
  • n. A stag beetle (family Lucanidae).
  • v. (intransitive, Britain) To act as a "stag", an irregular dealer in stocks.
  • v. (transitive) To watch; to dog, or keep track of.
  • adv. Of a man, attending a formal social function without a date.

supervise

  • v. (transitive) To oversee or direct a task or organization.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To look over so as to read; to peruse.

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