'Detective' definitions:
Definition of 'detective'
From: WordNet
noun
noun
An investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public
Definition of 'Detective'
From: GCIDE
- Detective \De*tect"ive\, a. Fitted for, or skilled in, detecting; employed in detecting crime or criminals; as, a detective officer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Detective'
From: GCIDE
- Detective \De*tect"ive\, n. One who business it is so detect criminals or discover matters of secrecy. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'detective'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asker,
- bailiff,
- beadle,
- beagle,
- bound bailiff,
- Bow Street runner,
- captain,
- catchpole,
- catechist,
- chief of police,
- commissioner,
- constable,
- cop,
- copper,
- cross-interrogator,
- cross-questioner,
- deputy,
- deputy sheriff,
- dick,
- examiner,
- eye,
- FBI,
- FBI agent,
- fed,
- Federal,
- federal,
- flic,
- G-man,
- gendarme,
- government man,
- gumshoe,
- hawkshaw,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- house dick,
- inquirer,
- inquiry agent,
- inquisitionist,
- inquisitor,
- inspector,
- interlocutor,
- interpellator,
- interrogator,
- interrogatrix,
- interviewer,
- investigator,
- lictor,
- lieutenant,
- mace-bearer,
- marshal,
- mounted policeman,
- MP,
- narc,
- officer,
- operative,
- opinion-sampler,
- patrolman,
- peace officer,
- peeper,
- plainclothesman,
- police captain,
- police commissioner,
- police constable,
- police detective,
- police inspector,
- police matron,
- police officer,
- police sergeant,
- policeman,
- policewoman,
- poller,
- pollster,
- portreeve,
- private detective,
- private eye,
- private investigator,
- prober,
- querier,
- querist,
- questioner,
- questionist,
- quizzer,
- reeve,
- revenuer,
- roundsman,
- sampler,
- secret agent,
- Secret Service,
- sergeant,
- sergeant at arms,
- sheriff,
- Sherlock,
- Sherlock Holmes,
- sleuth,
- snoop,
- snooper,
- store detective,
- superintendent,
- T-man,
- tec,
- tipstaff,
- tipstaves,
- treasury agent,
- trooper
Words containing 'Detective'
- Detect,
- Detectable,
- Detected,
- Detecter,
- Detectible,
- Detecting,
- Detection,
- detective agency,
- detective novel,
- detective story,
- detective work,
- hotel detective,
- house detective,
- police detective,
- private detective,
- signal detection,
- store detective,
- explosive detection system,
- explosive trace detection,
- radio detection and ranging,
- ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system