Thesaurus / ferret out
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synonyms for ferret out
- ascertain
- bring to light
- drive out
- get at
- sniff out
- uncover
- unearth
- be on to
- chase
- chase down
- determine
- dig out
- dig up
- disclose
- discover
- elicit
- extract
- follow
- hunt
- hunt down
- learn
- nose out
- penetrate
- pick up on
- pierce
- probe
- pry
- pursue
- quest
- root out
- scout out
- search out
- seek
- smell out
- smoke out
- trace
- track down
- trail
- worm out
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And he was gone, and out of sight on the swift galloping Benito, before Father Gaspara bethought himself.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONMost of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNELiszt looked at it, and to her fright and dismay cried out in a fit of impatience, "No, I won't hear it!"
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYThe most High hath created medicines out of the earth, and a wise man will not abhor them.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSSquinty could look out, but the slats were as close together as those in a chicken coop, and the little pig could not get out.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUM"There's just one thing I'd like to ask, if you don't mind," said Cynthia, coming suddenly out of a brown study.
THE BOARDED-UP HOUSEAUGUSTA HUIELL SEAMANBut Lucy had noted, out of the corner of her watchful eye, the arrival of Miss Grains, indignant and perspiring.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSol laughed out of his whiskers, with a big, loose-rolling sound, and sat on the porch without waiting to be asked.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENAnd that was that if he and his wife were to ever live together again and be happy, the family were to be kept out of it.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXBefore he could finish the sentence the Hole-keeper said snappishly, "Well, drop out again—quick!"
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLWORDS RELATED TO FERRET OUT
- ascertain
- bring to light
- catch
- come across
- come upon
- conceive
- contrive
- debunk
- design
- detect
- determine
- devise
- dig up
- discern
- disclose
- distinguish
- elicit
- espy
- explore
- ferret out
- get wind of
- get wise to
- glimpse
- hear
- identify
- invent
- learn
- light upon
- locate
- look up
- nose out
- notice
- observe
- originate
- perceive
- pick up on
- pioneer
- realize
- recognize
- reveal
- see
- sense
- smoke out
- spot
- think of
- turn up
- unearth
- ascertains
- brings to light
- catches
- comes across
- comes upon
- conceives
- contrives
- debunks
- designs
- detects
- determines
- devises
- digs up
- discerns
- discloses
- distinguishes
- elicits
- espies
- explores
- ferrets out
- gets wind of
- gets wise to
- glimpses
- hears
- identifies
- invents
- learns
- light upon
- locates
- looks up
- nose out
- notices
- observes
- originates
- perceives
- picks up on
- pioneers
- realizes
- recognizes
- reveals
- sees
- senses
- smokes out
- spots
- thinks of
- turns up
- unearths
- arrive at
- bring to light
- bump into
- chance upon
- collar
- come across
- come up with
- come upon
- corral
- descry
- detect
- dig up
- discern
- discover
- distinguish
- encounter
- espy
- expose
- fall in with
- ferret out
- happen upon
- hit upon
- identify
- lay fingers on
- light upon
- locate
- make out
- meet
- notice
- observe
- perceive
- pinpoint
- recognize
- recover
- run across
- run into
- scare up
- sight
- smoke out
- spot
- strike
- stumble upon
- track down
- trip on
- turn up
- uncover
- unearth
- be on the lookout
- cast about
- delve
- drag
- examine
- ferret out
- fish for
- forage
- go after
- grope
- inquire
- interrogate
- investigate
- look all over hell
- look high and low
- nose around
- probe
- prowl
- quest
- question
- ransack
- rummage
- run down
- scour
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- seek
- sift
- trace
- trail
- try to find
- winnow
- come across
- come upon
- detect
- determine
- discover
- establish
- ferret out
- get at
- happen upon
- hit upon
- hook
- lay one's hands on
- light upon
- meet with
- pick up on
- pin down
- pinpoint
- place
- position
- read
- search out
- smell out
- smoke out
- spot
- station
- strike
- stumble on
- track down
- trip over
- uncover
- unearth
- zero in on
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.