Synonyms for detective
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Sleuth — A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public
sleuth, private investigator, spy, private detective, private dick informal, blood-hound, gumshoe slang, dick vulgar slang US, hawkshaw dated
2. Police detective — A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
A police officer tasked with collecting evidence and information in order to solve a crime; an investigator.
He worked as a detective with the agency for five years.
- n. 2
A person employed to find information not otherwise available to the public.
Related words
- Word family
- detectiving detect detection detector
- Phrases
- private detective detective work detective sergeant police detective house detective
- Is a kind of
- cop investigator police officer
Forms
- Plural
- detectives → sleuths, blood-hounds, gumshoes, dicks…
Example sentences
- spy I spy with my little eye something beginning with…
- sleuth The sleuth gave Mennad his card before he left.
- inspector He's the principal fisheries inspector of Algiers.
By length
- 3 letters
- spy1, tec1
- 4 letters
- dick1
- 6 letters
- beagle2, sleuth1
- 7 letters
- gumshoe2
- 8 letters
- hawkshaw
- 9 letters
- inspector3
- 12 letters
- investigator5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (beagle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- détective
- Italiano
- investigatore
- Deutsch
- Ermittler