detective

detective
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. investigator, agent; policeman, plainclothesman, operative, shadow, undercover man; house detective, floorwalker; private investigator, private eye; Sherlock Holmes; sleuth[hound] (inf.); gumshoe, shamus, house dick, fed (all sl.). See inquiry.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
Syn. 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 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
sleuth, private investigator (P.I.), *private eye, *dick, operative, *gumshoe, hawkshaw, undercover agent, secret agent, shadow, *tail, *G-man, *snoop. see police
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A person whose work is investigating crimes or obtaining hidden evidence or information: investigator, sleuth. Informal: eye. Slang: dick, gumshoe. See INVESTIGATE.

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