detective synonyms

detective

n.

police officer, policeman, agent, plainclothesman, private investigator, private eye*, narcotics agent, police sergeant, FBI agent, Scotland Yard man, sleuth*, shadow*, P.I., operative*, wiretapper, polygraphist, investigator*, criminologist*, member of a crime detection squad, analyst*, prosecutor*, patrolman*, eavesdropper*, spy*, reporter*, shamus*, newshound*, minion of the law*, gumshoe*, flatfoot*, dick*, bloodhound*, hawkshaw*, Sherlock*, bull*, G-man*, copper*, cop*, fed*, narc*, slewfoot*, bug artist*, tail*; see also agent 1, police officer.

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