sleuth

¹sleuth

noun \ˈslüth\

Definition of SLEUTH

: detective

Examples of SLEUTH

1. <the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts>

Origin of SLEUTH

short for sleuthhound

First Known Use: 1872

Related to SLEUTH

Synonyms: dick, gumshoe, hawkshaw, investigator, operative, private detective, private eye, private investigator, shamus [slang], sherlock, detective, sleuthhound

Related Words: shadow, tail, tracer, tracker; fed, Federal, G-man, narc (or nark) [slang], plainclothesman

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Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

Rhymes with SLEUTH

booth, couth, crwth, routh, ruth, scouth, sooth, tooth, truth, Truth, youth