SLEUTHHOUND Synonyms

• an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

• a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

• a substance that exerts some force or effect

• a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

• any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

• the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

• a police officer who investigates crimes

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

• opinion or judgment

• someone who is a detective

• a waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

• a high ranking police officer

• an investigator who observes carefully

• a scientist who devotes himself to doing research

• someone who investigates

• a police officer who investigates crimes

• being in force or having or exerting force

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

• 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

• effective; producing a desired effect

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

• (military) a secret agent hired by a state to obtain information about its enemies or by a business to obtain industrial secrets from competitors

• a secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people

• catch sight of

• watch, observe, or inquire secretly

• catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes

• secretly collect sensitive or classified information; engage in espionage

• a small refracting telescope

• someone who tracks down game

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

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