SHERLOCKS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word sherlocks. (close relations)
sherlock
Best Alternative Words for SHERLOCKS
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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 |