Synonyms of scoured

scoured 1 of 2

adjective

as in scraped

Related Words

• scraped
• scrubbed
• sanded
• coated
• rubbed
• sandblasted
• sandpapered
• rasped
• soapy
• waxed
• waxy
• glazed
• brushed
• ground
• burnished
• shined
• polished
• buffed
• slicked
• glossed
• greased
• lubricated
• greasy
• oiled
• slithery
• slick
• slippery
• slippy

Dissimilar Words

• rough
• uneven
• roughened
• scuffed
• coarsened

scoured

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verb

past tense of scour

as in searched

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

• searched
• found
• combed
• scanned
• surveyed
• rummaged
• explored
• raked
• examined
• trolled
• dredged
• located
• ransacked
• investigated
• rifled
• dug (through)
• discovered
• inspected
• hunted (through)
• sorted (through)
• reviewed
• scrutinized
• ascertained
• determined
• detected
• learned
• checked (out)
• studied
• audited
• perused
• probed
• found out
• browsed
• prospected
• hit (on or upon)
• ran down
• tracked (down)
• got
• frisked
• looked over
• descried
• shook down
• glanced (over)
• poked (around)
• patted down
• snooped
• skirmished
• grubbed (about)
• ferreted (out)
• scared up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lost
• abandoned
• hid
• ignored
• neglected

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of scoured

Adjective

Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire. — Ellen Walker, JSTOR Daily, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

Historian Casey Pallister argues that the brief but intense era of the bone hunters, those who scoured the land for the bones, should be better known. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 20 July 2026

For the third year running, Robb Report editors and writers have scoured the world of high-end audio to find the best equipment available. — Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

European allies and Canada scoured their inventories to see what could be offered should one of them come under attack. — ABC News, 3 July 2026

Out of more than 300 patients who had their neck arteries scoured, Italian researchers reported, those with higher levels of plastics-laden plaque were more likely to suffer strokes, heart attacks or sudden death during the next three years. — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

Police quickly scoured nearby surveillance footage to get to the bottom of what happened — one camera did reveal what occurred. — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 20 June 2026

The team scoured documents buried in Japanese and US military archives before conducting sonar surveys and technical dives. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026

Michael Foster scoured the Iinternet. — Anna Spoerre, Kansas City Star, 18 June 2026

Next chance of showers returns by Sunday evening Several weak disturbances will traverse the Upper Ohio Valley, leading to partly cloudy skies, but with deep moisture scoured out, rain chances will be absent for the most part Friday through Sunday afternoon. — Trey Fulbright, CBS News, 17 June 2026