sherlock

Speech parts

1. sherlock - Noun

2. sherlock - Verb

3. Sherlock - Proper noun

Meaning

someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

private investigator sleuth detective operative investigator pi shamus tracker private eye gumshoe private detective police detective inquisitor snoop dick
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Antonyms

bandit peterman sinner malefactor robber crook
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Hypernyms

detective

Hyponyms

house detective house dick inquiry agent hotel detective store detective

Phrases with the word

Sherlock Holmes for sherlock holmes

Anagrams

shlocker

Examples

It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene. Rex Stout

My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people don't know. Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes observed that once you have eliminated the impossible then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. Douglas Adams

Trying to be Sherlock Holmes is like trying to catch an arrow in mid-flight. Jeremy Brett

Is there any point to which you would wish to draw my attention?' 'To the curious incident of the dog in the night-time.' 'The dog did nothing in the night-time.' 'That was the curious incident,' remarked Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle

The incredible thing happens at the beginning of the story always, you notice, not the end. A Sherlock Holmes story is never a trick story. Rex Stout

Close letter words and terms

Sherk Sherley Sherlin Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes-iana Sherlock Holmesiana