Holmes
Watson's deductive partner
Holmes is a surname, most famously associated with Sherlock Holmes, the fictional detective created by Arthur Conan Doyle.
The character's name has become synonymous with brilliant deductive reasoning: Nice work, Holmes praises someone's clever observation or problem-solving.
No shit, Sherlock sarcastically responds to stating the obvious.
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
- WatsonCommon English surname
- Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
- deductionConclusion from premises
- mysterySomething unexplained or unknown
sleuth · magnifying glass · Moriarty · Victorian · Conan Doyle · pipe · deerstalker · elementary
Nation's top tribunal
- justiceFair treatment under law
- AmericanFrom the U.S.
- legalPermitted by statute
- scholarLearned, studious person
dissent · jurisprudence · Harvard · pragmatism · common law · constitutional · judicial · genealogy
Local administrative division
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
- townshipCounty's smaller division
borough · village · municipality · geography · locale · settlement · district · region
Sherlock
Iconic Victorian-era investigator
- WatsonCommon English surname
- Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
- deductionConclusion from premises
mystery · sleuth · magnifying glass · Moriarty · Victorian · Conan Doyle · pipe · deerstalker · elementary · investigation
Supreme Court
Nation's top tribunal
scholar · dissent · jurisprudence · Harvard · pragmatism · common law · constitutional · judicial · genealogy · ancestry
county
Local administrative division
- OhioMidwestern state, major river
- MississippiSouthern state or major river
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
township · borough · village · municipality · geography · locale · settlement · district · region · community
- Fictional SurnamesAddams, Banks, Brady, Bundy, Cleaver
- boxersAli, Tyson, Holyfield, Lewis, Frazier
- cometscomet, Halley's Comet, comet tail, Hale-Bopp, dirty snowball
- jurisprudencelegal theory, natural law, legal doctrine, legal reasoning, legal interpretation
- Delaware CountyMedia, Chester, Darby, Springfield, Ridley
- MoonsLuna, Titan, Europa, Ganymede, Callisto
HolmesWatson
Common English surname
Dr. Watson · John Watson · sidekick · assistant · chronicler
HolmesFather Brown
Priest who solves mysteries
Miss Marple · Columbo · Sam Spade · Hercule Poirot · hard-boiled detective
- Sherlock Holmes
- Holmes and WatsonConsulting detective and assistant
- Katie Holmes
- Ian Holm