Synonyms of scour

scour

verb

as in to search

to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something

the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

Synonyms & Similar Words

• search
• find
• scan
• locate
• comb
• explore
• examine
• investigate
• rake
• dredge
• survey
• rummage
• ransack
• inspect
• discover
• rifle
• hunt (through)
• dig (through)
• sort (through)
• troll
• scrutinize
• ascertain
• determine
• detect
• review
• learn
• check (out)
• peruse
• find out
• browse
• audit
• track (down)
• run down
• probe
• get
• prospect
• study
• hit (on or upon)
• descry
• poke (around)
• pat down
• shake down
• glance (over)
• frisk
• ferret (out)
• snoop
• look over
• scare up
• grub (about)
• skirmish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hide
• lose
• abandon
• ignore
• neglect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scour

Incogni will scour the internet for your personal information and automatically send official removal requests to data brokers. — Stephanie Barnes, PC Magazine, 7 Oct. 2026

The ultimate ambition is to scour records and surface new stories about people whose lives have faded away over the centuries. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026

Williams and her team scoured sites like 1stDibs to find the kinds of tasteful pieces that would live with the wealthy Crawford family but that also conveyed the subtly spooky effect that’s a hallmark of the film. — Juliet Izon, Architectural Digest, 2 Oct. 2026

The public got the message, with some parents keeping their children indoors while police and herpetologists scoured that backyard for the snake. — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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