Synonyms for scout
- verb
- noun
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Synonyms by meaning
Verb
1. Reconnoiter — to explore a wide terrain, as if on a search
reconnoiter US, reconnoitre UK, survey
2. Mock
mock, despise, spurn, disdain, flout, laugh at, scoff, slight, scorn, ridicule, sneer, jeer, deride, contemn, taunt, fleer
Noun
2. Espy — A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information…
3. Pathfinder
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Definitions
- v. 1
To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.
- v. 2
To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.
- n. 1
A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
- n. 2
An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
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The scout and the spy are both employed to obtain information of the numbers, movements, etc., of an enemy. The scout lurks on the outskirts of the hostile army with such concealment as the case admits of, but without disguise; a spy enters in disguise within the enemy's lines.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scout | rising | |
| contemn | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- spy1
- 4 letters
- mock1, espy2, jeer1
- 5 letters
- watch1, guide1, scorn1, taunt1, scoff1, sneer1, spurn1, flout1, fleer1
- 6 letters
- survey2, slight1, picket2, sentry2, deride2, espial
- 7 letters
- despise2, disdain2, spotter2, contemn2
- 8 letters
- sentinel3, ridicule3
- 10 letters
- pathfinder3
- 11 letters
- reconnoiter4, reconnoitre4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (espy2 = 2 syllables).