Home › Words › S › sighthoundsighthoundsighthound · noun — A hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, sighthound ranks #961 of 43,225 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom sight + hound.nounA hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.slowhound 63% match — A sleuthhound (type of dog). vs sighthound →bloodhound 61% match — A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners. vs sighthound →saluki 60% match — An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians. vs sighthound →deerhound 59% match — a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer vs sighthound →wolfhound 59% match — A dog of various breeds originally developed to hunt wolves. vs sighthound →bloodhoundish 59% match — Like, pertaining to, or characteristic of a bloodhound or a detective; able and eager to follow the scent. vs sighthound →draghound 58% match — A hunting dog especially trained to be effective in drag hunts, having the highly developed sense of smell and the stamina to follow an artificially scented trail at high speed over considerable distance. vs sighthound →sleuthhound 58% match — A working dog who tracks or pursues e.g. a wanted criminal; a bloodhound formerly used in Scotland. vs sighthound →