Scout

//skaʊt//

Synonyms for "scout" (283 found)

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Closest matches (57)

Verb(1 words)
reconnoiter

Strong matches (85)

Related words (141)

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Verb(2 words)
reconnoitresurvey

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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capable of

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Translations

225 translations across 61 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • skaut noun (member of the scout movement)

Arabic

2 entries
  • كَشَّاف noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • كَشَّاف noun (member of the scout movement)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հետախույզ noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • kəşfiyyatçı noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • выве́днік noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • выве́дніца noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • выве́дчык noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • выве́дчыца noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • разузна́ване noun (act of scouting)
  • разузнава́ч noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • разузнава́чка noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ска́ут noun (member of the scout movement)

Catalan

3 entries
  • escolta noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • escolta noun (member of the scout movement)
  • reconeixement noun (act of scouting)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 偵察兵 /侦察兵 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • 斥候 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • 星探 noun (one who identifies promising talent)
  • 童子軍 /童子军 noun (member of the scout movement)

Czech

4 entries
  • průzkumnice noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • průzkumník noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • skaut noun (member of the scout movement)
  • zvěd noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Danish

3 entries
  • spejder noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • spejder noun (member of the scout movement)
  • talentspejder noun (one who identifies promising talent)

Dutch

4 entries
  • padvinder noun (member of the scout movement)
  • padvindster noun (member of the scout movement)
  • scout noun (member of the scout movement)
  • scout noun (one who identifies promising talent)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • skolto noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • skolto noun (member of the scout movement)

Estonian

2 entries
  • piilur noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • skaut noun (member of the scout movement)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skóti noun (member of the scout movement)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kykyjenmetsästäjä noun (one who identifies promising talent)
  • partiointi noun (act of scouting)
  • partiolainen noun (member of the scout movement)
  • tiedustelija noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

French

4 entries
  • reconnaissance noun (act of scouting)
  • scout noun (member of the scout movement)
  • éclaireur noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • éclaireur noun (member of the scout movement)

Georgian

3 entries
  • მაძიებელი noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • მზვერავი noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • სკაუტი noun (member of the scout movement)

German

4 entries
  • Aufklärung noun (act of scouting)
  • Erkundung noun (act of scouting)
  • Kundschafter noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • Kundschafterin noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌱𐌹𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌷𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to explore a wide terrain)

Greek

3 entries
  • ανιχνευτής noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ανιχνεύτρια noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • πρόσκοπος noun (member of the scout movement)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • צוֹפֶה noun (member of the scout movement)

Hindi

4 entries
  • जासूस noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • स्काउट noun (member of the scout movement)
  • समीक्षा verb (to explore a wide terrain)
  • सर्वेक्षण verb (to explore a wide terrain)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • cserkész noun (member of the scout movement)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • skáti noun (member of the scout movement)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pramuka noun (member of the scout movement)

Italian

4 entries
  • esploratore noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ricognizione noun (act of scouting)
  • scout noun (member of the scout movement)
  • esplorare verb (to explore a wide terrain)

Japanese

4 entries
  • スカウト noun (act of scouting)
  • スカウト noun (member of the scout movement)
  • 偵察兵 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • 斥候 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • барлаушы noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • шолғыншы noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Khmer

1 entries
  • កាយរិទ្ធិ noun (member of the scout movement)

Korean

4 entries
  • 스카우트 noun (act of scouting)
  • 스카우트 noun (member of the scout movement)
  • 정찰병 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • 척후 noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • разведчик noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • чалгынчы noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Lao

2 entries
  • ລູກເສືອ noun (member of the scout movement)
  • ສະກຸດ noun (member of the scout movement)

Latin

3 entries
  • antecessor noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • antecursor noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • explorator noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Latvian

2 entries
  • izlūks noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • skauts noun (member of the scout movement)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • skautas noun (member of the scout movement)
  • žvalgas noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • извидник noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • извидник noun (member of the scout movement)
  • извидничка noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • извидувач noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Malay

1 entries
  • pengakap noun (member of the scout movement)

Māori

4 entries
  • kiore noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • matataua noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • matataua noun (member of the scout movement)
  • pūrahorua noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • speider noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Persian

1 entries
  • جاسوس noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Polish

4 entries
  • harcerka noun (member of the scout movement)
  • harcerz noun (member of the scout movement)
  • harcownik noun (member of the scout movement)
  • skaut noun (member of the scout movement)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • batedor noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • batimento noun (act of scouting)
  • escoteiro noun (member of the scout movement)
  • olheiro noun (one who identifies promising talent)

Romanian

4 entries
  • cercetare noun (act of scouting)
  • cercetaș noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • cercetaș noun (member of the scout movement)
  • cercetașă noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Russian

4 entries
  • бойска́ут noun (member of the scout movement)
  • пионе́р noun (member of the scout movement)
  • пионе́рка noun (member of the scout movement)
  • разве́дка noun (act of scouting)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • ìzvidnica noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ìzvidnīk noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ѝзвидница noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ѝзвиднӣк noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Slovak

3 entries
  • prieskumník noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • prieskumníčka noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • zved noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Slovene

2 entries
  • izvidnica noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • izvidnik noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Spanish

4 entries
  • avanzada noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • avanzadilla noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • esculca (desus.) noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • explorador noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Swahili

1 entries
  • skauti noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Swedish

4 entries
  • kunskapare noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • scout noun (member of the scout movement)
  • spanare noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • spana verb (to explore a wide terrain)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • Iskawt noun (member of scouting organizations)

Tajik

3 entries
  • разведкакунанда noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • разведкачӣ noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • ҷосус noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Tatar

1 entries
  • күзәтче noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Thai

4 entries
  • ลูกเสือ noun (member of the scout movement)
  • แมวมอง noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • แมวมอง noun (one who identifies promising talent)
  • แมวเซา noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Turkish

2 entries
  • gözcü noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • keşfetmek verb (to explore a wide terrain)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ро́звідка noun (act of scouting)
  • розві́дка noun (act of scouting)
  • розві́дник noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)
  • розві́дниця noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Urdu

1 entries
  • جاسُوس noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • رازۋېدكىچى noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • razvedkachi noun (person sent out to gain and bring in tidings)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thiếu sinh noun (member of scouting organizations)

Volapük

3 entries
  • boskotan noun (member of the scout movement)
  • hiboskotan noun (member of the scout movement)
  • jiboskotan noun (member of the scout movement)

Sample sentences

27 total sentences available.

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The membership of the Boy Scout troop swelled.

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The Boy Scout has been directing old ladies across streets since 2004.

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Tom is a Boy Scout.

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She's selling Girl Scout cookies.

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