'Sleuth' definitions:
Definition of 'sleuth'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Sleuth'
From: GCIDE
- Sleuth \Sleuth\, n. [Icel. sl[=o][eth]. See Slot a track.] The track of man or beast as followed by the scent. [Scot.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sleuth'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Bow Street runner,
- detective,
- dick,
- eye,
- FBI,
- FBI agent,
- fed,
- Federal,
- G-man,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- inquiry agent,
- investigator,
- narc,
- operative,
- plainclothesman,
- police detective,
- private detective,
- private eye,
- private investigator,
- revenuer,
- Secret Service,
- shamus,
- Sherlock,
- Sherlock Holmes,
- snoop,
- store detective,
- T-man,
- tec,
- treasury agent