English Explanatory Dictionary

sleuth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A detective.
  2. A sleuthhound; a bloodhound.
  3. An animal’s trail or track.
verb
  1. To act as a detective; to try to discover who committed a crime, or, more generally, to solve a mystery.
noun
  1. Slowness; laziness, sloth.
  2. A group of bears.

Pronunciation

/sluːθ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sleuth.wav

Word forms

sleuth sleuths sleuthing sleuthed

Etymology

Clipping of sleuthhound.

Synonyms

detective gumshoe investigator dick private eye shadow get to the bottom of solve work out absolve decipher iron out meliorate puzzle out ravel reason out resolve riddle sleuth tease out think out unpuzzle unravel unriddle unsolve upsolve Any from Thesaurus:untangle idleness inertia laziness lethargy sloth slothfulness

Related words

sloth

Derived words

cybersleuth sleuth dog sleuthery sleuthhound sleuthlike sleuthwork sleuthy supersleuth
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