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SHERLOCKS Synonyms

There are 16 synonyms of the word sherlocks. (exact relations)
There is 1 hypernym of the word sherlocks. (close relations)
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detectives
nounn
noun

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

gumshoes
nounn
noun

• someone who is a detective

• a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

hawkshaws
nounn
noun

• someone who is a detective

investigators
nounn
noun

• a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

• someone who investigates

• a police officer who investigates crimes

sleuthhounds
nounn
noun

• a detective who follows a trail

• a breed of large powerful hound of European origin having very acute smell and used in tracking

sleuths
nounn
noun

• a detective who follows a trail

verb

• watch, observe, or inquire secretly

hunt
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an association of huntsmen who hunt for sport

• Englishman and Pre-Raphaelite painter (1827-1910)

• an instance of searching for something

• United States architect (1827-1895)

• the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

• British writer who defended the Romanticism of Keats and Shelley (1784-1859)

• the work of finding and killing or capturing animals for food or pelts

• the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport

verb

• pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• chase away, with as with force

• yaw back and forth about a flight path

• oscillate about a desired speed, position, or state to an undesirable extent

• seek, search for

• search (an area) for prey

seek
verbv
noun

• the movement of a read/write head to a specific data track on a disk

verb

• try to get or reach

• try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of

• make an effort or attempt

• go to or towards

• inquire for

solve
verb, nounv, n
verb

• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

• find the solution

• settle, as of a debt

figure out
verbv
verb

• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

operative
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• being in force or having or exerting force

• relating to or requiring or amenable to treatment by surgery especially as opposed to medicine

noun

• a person secretly employed in espionage for a government

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

adjective satellite

• effective; producing a desired effect

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

pi
nounn
noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

• the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...

• the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet

• the scientist in charge of an experiment or research project

• an antiviral drug used against HIV; interrupts HIV replication by binding and blocking HIV protease; often used in combination with other drugs

shamus
nounn
noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

private detective
nounn
noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

private eye
nounn
noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

private investigator
nounn
noun

• someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information and assist in criminal investigations

Best Hypernyms For SHERLOCKS

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