whereabouts
Someone's general location
Whereabouts asks about location: Whereabouts did you leave your keys?
More commonly, it functions as a noun meaning a person's or thing's location: His whereabouts remain unknown.
Despite the plural form, whereabouts takes either singular or plural verbs: Her whereabouts is/are a mystery.
Position or location
- positionLocation or stance
- locationPosition in space
- localeSpecific place or area
- siteDesignated location
spot · area · vicinity · neighborhood · address · coordinates · region · zone
Not present, whereabouts unknown
- lostUnable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
- unaccountedNot included or explained
untraceable · unlocated · unfound · hidden · concealed · obscured · elusive · absent
Request for information
- askingPosing questions
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- queryRequest for information
- investigationFormal examination of facts
tracking · tracing · search · hunt · pursuit · locating · finding · discovering
place
Position or location
site · spot · area · vicinity · neighborhood · address · coordinates · region · zone · district
missing
Not present, whereabouts unknown
- lostUnable to navigate
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
- disappearedCeased to exist visibly
unaccounted · untraceable · unlocated · unfound · hidden · concealed · obscured · elusive · absent · undisclosed
question
Request for information
- askingPosing questions
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- queryRequest for information
investigation · tracking · tracing · search · hunt · pursuit · locating · finding · discovering · detective
- location termsGPS, coordinates, latitude, longitude, mapping
- plural-only wordsscissors, pants, trousers, jeans, shorts
- Anti-DopingWADA, banned substances, drug testing, NADA, doping control
- vicinitiesneighborhood, district, area, locale, surroundings
- cluesclue, clues, hint, hints, cue
- directionsnorth, south, east, west, left
whereaboutswhence
From what source
whither · origin · provenance · destination · point of departure
where, whereby, wherein, whereupon, hereabouts, thereabouts, wherefore, wheresoever, wherewith