Sleuth

//sluːθ//

Synonyms for "sleuth" (84 found)

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Noun(3 words)
slothdetectivedick

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Related words (42)

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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derived

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etymologically related_to

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is a

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related to

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Translations

83 translations across 31 languages.

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Arabic

2 entries
  • جَاسُوس noun (detective)
  • جَاسُوسَة noun (detective)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • детектив noun (detective)
  • ловджийско куче noun (bloodhound)

Catalan

2 entries
  • detectiu noun (detective)
  • rastrejador noun (bloodhound)

Czech

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (detective)
  • vyšetřovat verb (act as a detective)

Danish

1 entries
  • blodhund noun (bloodhound)

Dutch

4 entries
  • bloedhond noun (bloodhound)
  • detectief noun (detective)
  • detective noun (detective)
  • rechercheur noun (detective)

Erzya

1 entries
  • верьбине noun (bloodhound)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • spurhundo noun (bloodhound)

Finnish

3 entries
  • etsivä noun (detective)
  • vihikoira noun (bloodhound)
  • yksityisetsivä noun (detective)

French

2 entries
  • détective noun (detective)
  • limier noun (bloodhound)

Georgian

2 entries
  • მაძებარი noun (detective)
  • მაძებარი ძაღლი noun (bloodhound)

German

4 entries
  • Bloodhound noun (bloodhound)
  • Bluthund noun (bloodhound)
  • Bluthündin noun (bloodhound)
  • Detektiv noun (detective)

Greek

2 entries
  • λαγωνικό noun (detective)
  • λαγωνικό noun (bloodhound)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • detektív noun (detective)
  • kopó noun (detective)
  • nyomozó noun (detective)
  • rendőrkopó noun (detective)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • detektif noun (detective)
  • reserse noun (detective)

Italian

3 entries
  • investigatore noun (detective)
  • segugio noun (bloodhound)
  • mettersi sulle tracce verb (act as a detective)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • жойчу noun (bloodhound)

Malay

2 entries
  • anjing pemburu darah noun (bloodhound)
  • انجيڠ ڤمبورو داره noun (bloodhound)

Manx

1 entries
  • coo folley noun (bloodhound)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • detektiv noun (detective)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • blodhund noun (bloodhound)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • blodhund noun (bloodhound)

Persian

3 entries
  • جاسوس noun (detective)
  • مفتش noun (detective)
  • کارآگاه noun (detective)

Polish

1 entries
  • ogar noun (bloodhound)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • detetive noun (detective)
  • sabujo noun (bloodhound)

Romanian

3 entries
  • copoi noun (detective)
  • copoi noun (bloodhound)
  • detectiv noun (detective)

Russian

4 entries
  • ище́йка noun (detective)
  • ище́йка noun (bloodhound)
  • сы́щик noun (detective)
  • высле́живать verb (act as a detective)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • detektiv noun (detective)
  • tragač noun (detective)

Spanish

2 entries
  • detective noun (detective)
  • sabueso noun (bloodhound)

Swedish

4 entries
  • blodhund noun (bloodhound)
  • deckare noun (detective)
  • detektiv noun (detective)
  • snok noun (detective)

Volapük

1 entries
  • bludadog noun (bloodhound)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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There is a sleuth under us.

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Tom is an amateur sleuth.

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Mary is an amateur sleuth.

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The sleuth gave Mennad his card before he left.

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