sleuth

Speech parts

1. sleuth - Noun

2. sleuth - Verb

Meaning

The track of man or beast as followed by the scent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

inspector snoop bloodhound detective stag shadow spy investigator shamus tracker private eye gumshoe sleuthhound private investigator sergeant
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Antonyms

breach cease blank exclude discount disdain
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Hypernyms

detective monitor supervise

Phrases with the word

eponymous sleuth

Anagrams

hustle Lesuth

Examples

No one is so modest as not to believe himself a competent amateur sleuth. Isaac Asimov

As a sleuth you are poor. You couldn't detect a bass-drum in a telephone-booth. P. G. Wodehouse

In a mystery, the sleuth must be believably involved and emotionally invested in solving the crime. Diane Mott Davidson

The Big Sleep' is an unsentimental, surrealist excitement in which most of the men in Hollywood's underworld are murdered and most of the women go for an honest but not unwilling private sleuth (Humphrey Bogart). Manny Farber

As Hashmi’s two-timing husband acts all hurt and innocent, the cops, led by a bearded middle-aged sleuth (Kapoor), swing into action: was the body stolen? Source: Internet

But Biden is always cast as a bumbling sleuth who repeatedly needs rescuing by super cool Obama, whose code name is ‘Renegade.' Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

slerp Slesin Sletten sleuth dog sleuth-hound sleuthhound