Synonyms of scour(s)

scours 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of scour

as in searches

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

• searches
• finds
• scans
• combs
• locates
• explores
• investigates
• examines
• rummages
• rakes
• dredges
• surveys
• inspects
• ransacks
• discovers
• rifles
• sorts (through)
• digs (through)
• hunts (through)
• scrutinizes
• trolls
• detects
• determines
• learns
• ascertains
• reviews
• peruses
• audits
• checks (out)
• probes
• tracks (down)
• prospects
• runs down
• browses
• finds out
• gets
• frisks
• hits (on or upon)
• shakes down
• pats down
• descries
• looks over
• pokes (around)
• snoops
• studies
• glances (over)
• ferrets (out)
• grubs (about)
• scares up
• skirmishes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hides
• loses
• ignores
• neglects
• abandons

scour(s)

2 of 2

noun

as in runs

Related Words

• runs
• Delhi belly
• diarrhea
• Montezuma's revenge
• trots
• turista
• flux
• shigellosis
• dysentery