Thesaurus:detective
English
editNoun
editSense: a person whose job is to investigate
editSynonyms
edit- beagle
- bloodhound (figurative)
- detective
- dick (US, slang, dated)
- DT (abbreviation)
- gumshoe (slang)
- hawkshaw (dated)
- investigator
- Sherlock (humorous)
- sleuth
- sleuthhound (informal)
- 'tec (slang)
Hyponyms
edit- private investigator
- eye [⇒ thesaurus]
- PI (abbreviation)
- private detective
- private dick (informal)
- private eye (idiomatic)
- shamus
- snoop
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- house detective
- house dick (slang)
- —
- cyberdetective
- cybersleuth
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- superdetective
- superdick (informal)
- supersleuth
Further reading
edit- “detective” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “detective” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.