Hide and Scour

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Hide verb - To put into a hiding place.

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Scour is an antonym for hide.

Nearby Words: hideous, hiding, hideously, hided

Scour verb - To look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something.

Usage example: the police scoured the city for the Typhoid Mary of this latest epidemic

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Hide is an antonym for scour.

Nearby Words: scoured, scouring, scourer

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Scour and Hide. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/scour

Hide & Scour. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/scour>.

Scour or Hide. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/hide/scour.

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