sleuth

(redirected from sleuths)
Also found in: Dictionary.
Graphic Thesaurus  🔍
Display ON
Animation ON
Legend
Synonym
Antonym
Related
  • all
  • noun
  • verb

Synonyms for sleuth

detective

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for sleuth

a person whose work is investigating crimes or obtaining hidden evidence or information

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Synonyms for sleuth

a detective who follows a trail

Synonyms

Related Words

watch, observe, or inquire secretly

Synonyms

Related Words

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
References in periodicals archive ?
O'Meara's background in the health care industry is beneficial to Senior Sleuth's product development and commercialization efforts after more than 15 years of in-house and agency experience.
'The visit of the ED sleuths and unnecessary questioning has created a sense of fear among the family which comprises Kalwal's aged mother, wife and daughters,' it added.
The prime minister's office in India has asked IT sleuths to track illegal money in bank accounts.
They asked super sleuths to 'bear' with them so they can ensure the statues survive the elements for the next ten weeks.
With the Pakistan High Commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar allowed to go to Pakistan on Friday due to diplomatic immunity, Crime Branch sleuths now have a tough task at hand as they try to identify the source that was passing on secret information about BSF deployment on the Indo- Pak border.
Sleuths from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) began monitoring the suspicious movements of the two accused, who are from an Eastern European country and came to the UAE on a tourist visa.
The Skeleton Crew: How Amateur Sleuths Are Solving America's Coldest Cases tells how unidentified victims and unsolved crimes long overlooked by law enforcement officials who gave up are being resurrected by a new breed of Sherlock Holmes-type investigators--civilians who love to tackle cold cases.
These are just a few of the nicknames given to America's 40,000 unidentified corpses by amateur web sleuths. For decades, members of this thriving, heroic, and macabre internet subculture have been cracking cold cases that have long stumped law enforcement.
Patna: Anti-corruption sleuths in Bihar have booked a senior woman official who loved to count cash and invest her ill-gotten money in real estates.
It's not all work and no play for the sleuths, though.
Sherlock Holmes and other detectives of pop culture have spurned would be sleuths from all over to take up the magnifying glass.
LAHORE, December 24, 2009 (Frontier Star): The sleuths of secret agencies have impounded a vehicle carrying a US national and two Pakistani after they refused to allow Policemen to search them at Sherpao bridge.
FITCHBURG - Even with five doctorates, the Word Sleuths of Fitchburg State College couldn't spell "spadiceous," the only word of 14 they missed.
With roughly $25,000 in startup costs, Underwood said, Sleuths Mystery Bookstore was a large but worthwhile investment.