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Synonyms of sleuth

31 similar words

Another word for sleuth is detective. Other synonyms of sleuth are investigator and dick.

Synonyms and similar words for sleuth

nounA detective.

  • detectiveA police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
  • gumshoeA detective.
  • investigatorOne who investigates.
  • dick
  • private eyeA private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.

verbTo act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a...

  • shadow
  • get to the bottom ofTo come to understand, discover the truth about, or solve.
  • solve
  • work outTo resolve; to find a solution for.
  • decipherTo find a solution to a problem.
  • iron outTo resolve (a dispute); to solve (a problem).
  • meliorateTo make better; to improve; to solve a problem.
  • puzzle outTo figure out; to discover or find a solution to.
  • reason outTo solve or determine by reasoning.
  • resolveTo find a solution to (a problem).
  • riddleTo solve, answer, or explicate a riddle or question.
  • tease out figurativelyTo unravel; (figuratively, by extension) to determine; solve.
  • think outTo devise or solve by a process of thought.
  • unpuzzleTo solve (a puzzle); to work out.
  • unravel figurativelyTo clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to...
  • unriddleTo solve (a perplexing problem).
  • upsolveTo solve; explain.
  • absolve obsoleteTo resolve; to explain; to solve.
  • ravel archaicOften followed by out: to undo the intricacies of (a problem, etc.); to clarify, to disentangle.
  • unsolve obsoleteTo solve.

nounSlowness; laziness, sloth.

Meaning of sleuth

  1. noun A detective.
  2. noun A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.
  3. noun An animal’s trail or track.

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Questions about synonyms of sleuth

What is another word for sleuth?
Sleuth has 31 synonyms on Word.ws, such as detective, investigator and dick.
What does sleuth mean?
Sleuth means a detective.

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