Synonyms of the word

sleuthhound

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

bloodhound

• n. A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog…
• n. (figuratively) A detective or other person skilled at finding people or clues.

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.

hound

• n. A dog, particularly a breed with a good sense of smell developed for hunting other animals. (hunt hound,…
• n. (by extension) Someone who seeks something.
• n. (by extension) A male who constantly seeks the company of desirable women.
• n. A despicable person.
• n. A houndfish.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) Projections at the masthead, serving as a support for the trestletrees and top…
• n. A side bar used to strengthen portions of the running gear of a vehicle.
• v. (transitive) To persistently harass.

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.