Synonyms of scour

scour

verb

as in to search

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

• search
• find
• scan
• locate
• comb
• explore
• examine
• investigate
• rake
• dredge
• survey
• rummage
• ransack
• inspect
• discover
• rifle
• hunt (through)
• dig (through)
• sort (through)
• troll
• scrutinize
• ascertain
• determine
• detect
• review
• learn
• check (out)
• peruse
• find out
• browse
• audit
• track (down)
• run down
• probe
• get
• prospect
• study
• hit (on or upon)
• descry
• poke (around)
• pat down
• shake down
• glance (over)
• frisk
• ferret (out)
• snoop
• look over
• scare up
• grub (about)
• skirmish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hide
• lose
• abandon
• ignore
• neglect

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of scour

Recommended Trust Why many in Ukraine oppose a ‘land for peace’ formula to end the war Earrings for flour Shortages have left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza to scour their neighborhoods for disappearing food items. —Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024

On dating apps, some users are looking for signs post-election, scouring each others' profiles and scanning for clues as to how the other person may have voted. —Charles Trepany, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024

Allen was determined to spend months if necessary scouring Florida in search of this bird, to study the species in depth and take photographs. —Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024

Political obsessives are scouring the early vote numbers for clues as to the final outcome. —Niall Stanage, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024

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