All sleuth synonyms
sleuth
S s noun sleuth
- gumshoe β Slang. a detective.
- feds β the Fed, Informal. the Federal Reserve System.
- inquirer β to seek information by questioning; ask: to inquire about a person.
- beagle β A beagle is a short-haired black and brown dog with long ears and short legs. It is kept as a pet or sometimes used for hunting.
- intelligencer β a person or thing that conveys information.
- bloodhound β A bloodhound is a large dog with a very good sense of smell. Bloodhounds are often used to find people or other animals by following their scent.
- controller β A controller is a person who has responsibility for a particular organization or for a particular part of an organization.
- assessor β An assessor is a person who is employed to calculate the value of something, or the amount of money that should be paid, for example in tax.
- inspector β a person who inspects.
- flatfoot β Pathology. a condition in which the arch of the foot is flattened so that the entire sole rests upon the ground. Also, flat foot. a foot with such an arch.
- operatives β Plural form of operative.
- eavesdropper β to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- ferret β a narrow tape or ribbon, as of silk or cotton, used for binding, trimming, etc.
- checker β Checkers is a game for two people, played with 24 round pieces on a board.
- checkers β a game for two players using a checkerboard and 12 checkers each. The object is to jump over and capture the opponent's pieces
- hearer β to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- hearers β to perceive by the ear: Didn't you hear the doorbell?
- outrider β a mounted attendant riding before or beside a carriage.
- nark β a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- dick β A man's dick is his penis.
- wiretapper β a person who taps wires to learn the nature of messages passing over them.
- narks β a government agent or detective charged with the enforcement of laws restricting the use of narcotics.
- detective β A detective is someone whose job is to discover what has happened in a crime or other situation and to find the people involved. Some detectives work in the police force and others work privately.
- investigator β to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
verb sleuth
- get a load of β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- eyeballed β Simple past tense and past participle of eyeball.
- fish out β any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales.
- look for β to turn one's eyes toward something or in some direction in order to see: He looked toward the western horizon and saw the returning planes.
- catch sight of β to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- eyeball β Look or stare at closely.